1390 Abastumani
Discovery and designation | |
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Discovered by | Shajn, P. |
Discovery site | Simeis (094) |
Discovery date | October 3, 1935 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 1390 |
Named after | Abastumani |
1935 TA | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
Aphelion | 3.5272033 |
Perihelion | 3.3429259 |
Eccentricity | 0.0268230 |
2325.4167534 | |
154.58115 | |
Inclination | 19.98095 |
29.27371 | |
333.46375 | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 102 km[1] |
Sidereal rotation period | 17.1 hr[1] |
0.0298[1] | |
9.40[1] | |
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1390 Abastumani (1935 TA) is an outer main belt asteroid discovered on October 3, 1935 by Shajn, P. at Simeis (094). It is named after the spa town of Abastumani, Georgia. It is one of the last outer main belt asteroids discovered that is ~100+ km in diameter. The asteroid is roughly 102 km in diameter and has a dark albedo.[1] 1269 Rollandia was discovered in 1930 and 1902 Shaposhnikov was discovered in 1972.
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