1149 Volga

1149 Volga [1]
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Evgenii Fedorovich Skvortsov
Discovery date 1929-Aug-01
Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
Aphelion 3.1770587 AU
Perihelion 2.6264349 AU
Semi-major axis 2.9017468 AU
Eccentricity 0.094878
Orbital period 1805.4593480 days
4.94 years
Mean anomaly 263.25272 °
Inclination 11.75466 °
Longitude of ascending node 261.75886 °
Argument of perihelion 113.03147 °
Dimensions diameter 55.57
Rotation period 27.5 h
Geometric albedo 0.0338  
Absolute magnitude (H) 10.57 mag

1149 Volga is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Approximately 56 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 5 years. It completes one rotation once every 28 hours. It was discovered by Evgenii Fedorovich Skvortsov at Simeiz Observatory on August 1, 1929.[1] It is named after the Volga River, the largest river in Europe and one of the principal ones of Russia. The name was proposed by the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Leningrad. The provisional designation was 1929 PF.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b NASA JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1149 Volga. Retrieved October 17, 2007.
  2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. 
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