1062 Ljuba

1062 Ljuba[1]
Discovery
Discovered by Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky[1]
Discovery date October 11, 1925[1]
Designations
1925 TD[1]
Orbital characteristics
Epoch JD 2445600.5
Perihelion 2.7885862 AU
Eccentricity 0.0722725
Inclination 5.6082130°
341.5787251
97.3142127
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 55 km[2]
33.8 h[2]
Albedo 0.15
9.85[2]

    1062 Ljuba is a main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Initially it received the designation 1925 TD. It was later named after the lady-parachutist Ljuba Berlin.[1] It has a diameter of 55 km.[2]

    Photometric observations during 2003 showed a lengthy synodic rotation period of 33.8 ± 0.2 hours with a brightness variation of 0.17 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[3]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 Schmadel, Lutz (1992). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names 1 (5th ed.). Berlin: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
    2. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1062 Ljuba". Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
    3. ↑ Cooney, Walter R., Jr. (March 2005), "Lightcurve results for minor planets 228 Agathe, 297 Caecilia, 744 Aguntina 1062 Ljuba, 1605 Milankovitch, and 3125 Hay", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 32 (1): 15–16, Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...15C.

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