Discovered by L. Kohoutek MPC designation 1931 Čapek Observation arc 46.57 yr (17010 days) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 22 August 1969 Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 22 August 1969 Discovery site Hamburg Observatory | |
Alternative names 1969 QB · 1957 TK1969 PB Similar Sun, Comet Kohoutek, 1865 Cerberus | ||
1931 Čapek, provisional designation 1969 QB, is a main belt asteroid, discovered on 22 August 1969, by Luboš Kohoutek at Bergedorf Observatory in Germany. The dark carbonaceous C-type asteroid has an eccentricity of 0.27 and an orbital period of 1,476 days or 4.05 years.
This asteroid is named in memory of Karel Čapek (1890–1938), Czech dramatist and novelist, best known for his allegorical plays R.U.R. and Krakatit, in which he anticipated both, the destructive potential of nuclear physics and their moral implications.
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