Discovery[1] and designation
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Discovered by | N. S. Chernykh |
Discovery date | 22 September 1973 |
Designations
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Minor planet category |
Main belt |
Epoch February 4, 2008 (JD 2454500.5) | |
Aphelion | 415.038 Gm (2.774 AU) |
Perihelion | 280.622 Gm (1.876 AU) |
Semi-major axis | 347.830 Gm (2.325 AU) |
Eccentricity | 0.193 |
Orbital period | 1294.973 d (3.55 a) |
Average orbital speed | 19.35 km/s |
Mean anomaly | 241.079° |
Inclination | 4.918° |
Longitude of ascending node | 1.107° |
Dimensions | 10 km |
Mass | ?×10? kg |
Mean density | ? g/cm³ |
Equatorial surface gravity | ? m/s² |
Equatorial escape velocity | ? km/s |
Sidereal rotation period |
? d |
Axial tilt | ?° |
Pole ecliptic latitude | ? |
Pole ecliptic longitude | ? |
Geometric albedo | 0.10 |
Temperature | ~183 K |
Spectral type | ? |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.6 |
2006 Polonskoya is main belt asteroid. It was discovered on 22 September 1973 by N. S. Chernykh and named after Elene Ivanovna Kazimirchak-Polonskaya, a Russian astronomer. Polonskaya's diameter is approximately 10 km.
In 2005, it was claimed that lightcurve observations indicate that Polonskaya has a small moon about 3 km in diameter. The moon's existence has not yet been confirmed.
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