2644 Victor Jara

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**2644 Victor Jara**
Discovery ^A

Discoverer	Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh
Discovery date	September 22, 1973
Alternate designations ^B	1973SO2
Category	Main belt
Orbital elements ^C
Epoch JD 2 445 600,5
Eccentricity (e)	0,1651867
Semi-major axis (a)	2.1701781 AU
Perihelion (q)	1,8119613 AU
Aphelion (Q)	2.5285179 AU
Orbital period (P)	1167.7274389 d (3.20 a)
Mean orbital speed
Inclination (i)	2,6803761°°
Longitude of the ascending node (Ω)	347,2932314°
Argument of perihelion (ω)	308,7616233°
Mean anomaly (M)	217.79821°
Physical characteristics ^D
Dimensions	23 km
Mass
Density
Surface gravity
Escape velocity
Rotation period
Spectral class
Absolute magnitude	13,80
Albedo (geometric)	0.15
Mean surface temperature
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2644 Victor Jara is a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the Solar System. Initially it received the designation 1973 SO2. The numerical designation indicates that it was the 2644 minor planet/asteroid discovered.

2644 Victor Jara was discovered by Soviet/Russian astronomer/astrophysicist Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh at the scientific town of Nauchnyj, Crimea, on September 22, 1973 .

1 Meaning of name
2 See also
3 External links
- 3.1 Solar System Dynamics (JPL/NASA)

[edit] Meaning of name

Chernykh named the asteroid in honor of the Chilean folk singer Victor Jara who was murdered shortly after the military coup of September 11, 1973 that ended the democratically elected government of the socialist Salvador Allende Gossens.

Victor Jara toured the Soviet Union in the 1960s and praised its culture, its scientific achievements and the friendliness of its working people.