2173 Maresjev
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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | L. V. Zhuravleva |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Observatory |
| Discovery date | August 22, 1974 |
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Designations
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| Alternative names[1] | 1974 QG1 |
| Epoch 2454600.5 (2008-May-14.0) | |
| Ap | 3.5056494 |
| Peri | 2.7679568 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1175867 |
| Orbital period | period |
| Mean anomaly | 39.44163 |
| Inclination | 14.40858 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 174.81147 |
| Argument of peri | 162.48999 |
| Absolute magnitude | 11.4 |
2173 Maresjev is an asteroid that was discovered August 22, 1974 by L. V. Zhuravleva. It is a 17 km diameter, main-belt asteroid. It was named in honor of Alexej Petrovich Maresjev, the protagonist in the novel Story about a True Man (also translated as Story of a Real Man) by Boris Polevoi.[2] [3] The story, which was never substantiated as fact, was a immensely popular Russian book that was eventually made into an opera. It was first published in English in 1952, and was reprinted in 1970.[4]
The asteroid was scheduled to occult a 9.5 magnitude star in the Taurus constellation November 27, 2008 for a period of 1.3 seconds. During the event, their combined light was to drop to 16.0 magnitute, which is the magnitude of the asteroid.[5]
Zhuravleva is ranked 43 in Harvard's ranking of those who discovered minor planets. She discovered 200 such bodies, 13 of which were co-discoveries, between 1972 and 1992.[6]
[edit] References
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- ^ JPL Small-Body Database Browser
- ^ Kaganovsky, Lilya. “How the Soviet Man Was (Un)Made,” Slavic Review, Vol. 63, No. 3. (Autumn, 2004), pp. 577-596.
- ^ Nothing has been invented - The War Journalism of Boris Polevoy
- ^ http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/2008_11/1127_2173_14574_Summary.txt
- ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
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