38674 Tešínsko
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38674 Těšínsko is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 1232.8292146 days (3.38 years).
The asteroid was discovered on 9 August 2000 by Lenka Šarounová
and is named after Cieszyn Silesia
(Czech: Těšínsko), region divided between the Czech Republic
and Poland
.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
with an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
of 1232.8292146 days (3.38 years).
The asteroid was discovered on 9 August 2000 by Lenka Šarounová
Lenka Šarounová
Lenka Kotková is a Czech astronomer.She is a prolific discoverer of asteroids. She works at Observatoř Ondřejov , located near Prague...
and is named after Cieszyn Silesia
Cieszyn Silesia
Cieszyn Silesia or Těšín Silesia or Teschen Silesia is a historical region in south-eastern Silesia, centered around the towns of Cieszyn and Český Těšín and bisected by the Olza River. Since 1920 it has been divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia, and later the Czech Republic...
(Czech: Těšínsko), region divided between the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
and Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
.