2120 Tyumenia

2120 Tyumenia
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova
Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
Discovery date September 9, 1967
Designations
MPC designation 2120
Named after Tyumen Oblast
Alternate name(s) 1967 RM
Minor planet
category
main belt [2]
Epoch November 30, 2008
Ap 3.4415 AU
Peri 2.6819 AU
Semi-major axis 3.06171 AU
Eccentricity 0.124044
Orbital period 1956.79 days (5.36 years)
Mean anomaly 291.57°
Inclination 17.538°
Longitude of ascending node 222.581°
Argument of peri 77.124°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 41.18 kilometres (25.59 mi) ± 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi)
Mean diameter [4]
Rotation period 17.47 ± 0.07 hours [5]
Albedo 0.0721 ± 0.009 [4]
Absolute magnitude (H) 10.4 [6]

2120 Tyumenia (1967 RM) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 9, 1967 by Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.[1] It is named after the Tyumen Oblast in Russia.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html. Retrieved December 29, 2008. 
  2. ^ "2120 Tyumenia (1967 RM)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2120+Tyumenia. Retrieved December 29, 2008. 
  3. ^ "(2120) Tyumenia". AstDyS. University of Pisa. http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.0&n=2120. Retrieved December 29, 2008. 
  4. ^ a b Tedesco et al. (2004). "Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey (SIMPS)". IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/imps.html. Retrieved December 29, 2008. 
  5. ^ Oliver et al. (2008). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory: 2008 March". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 149–150. Bibcode 2008MPBu...35..149O. 
  6. ^ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0.. Planetary Data System. http://www.psi.edu/pds/resource/astermag.html. Retrieved December 29, 2008. 
  7. ^ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 172. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. http://books.google.com/?id=KWrB1jPCa8AC&pg=PA172. Retrieved December 29, 2008.