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8217 Dominikhašek[1] DiscoveryDiscovered by Petr Pravec and Lenka Šarounová Discovery date April 21, 1995. DesignationsNamed after Dominik Hašek Alternate name(s) 1995 HC; 1996 RH5 Minor planet
categoryMain belt Epoch April 10, 2007 (JD 2454200.5) Aphelion 2.643 AU Perihelion 1.857 AU Semi-major axis 2.2499 AU Eccentricity 0.17 Orbital period 1232.676 d (3.37 a) Mean anomaly 81.416° Inclination 2.366° Longitude of ascending node 179.772° Argument of perihelion 134.569° Physical characteristicsAbsolute magnitude (H) 14.7 8217 Dominikhašek is a main-belt asteroid named by its discoverers, Petr Pravec and Lenka Šarounová of the Observatoř Ondřejov (Ondřejov Observatory), in 2003. It is the namesake of NHL goaltender, Dominik Hašek, and it was named in his honour for helping win the gold medal for the Czech Republic in the 1998 Winter Olympics. It was discovered on April 21, 1995.
References
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". jpl.nasa.gov. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=Dominikhasek. Retrieved 2007-05-17.
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