1140 Crimea

1140 Crimea

A three-dimensional model of 1140 Crimea based on its light curve
Discovery [1]
Discovered by G. Neujmin
Discovery site Simeiz Observatory
Discovery date 30 December 1929
Designations
MPC designation 1140 Crimea
Named after
 Crimea[2]
1929 YC · A922 HA
main-belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 80.56 yr (29,424 days)
Aphelion 3.0851 AU
Perihelion 2.4574 AU
2.7712 AU
Eccentricity 0.1132
4.61 yr (1685.0 days)
253.16°
Inclination 14.135°
72.151°
310.38°
Earth MOID 1.4881 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 27.8 km
9.77 h
0.1772
B–V = 0.916
S (Tholen), S (SMASS)
10.28

    1140 Crimea, provisionally designated 1929 YC, is a stony main-belt asteroid, approximately 28 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Grigory Neujmin at the Crimean Simeiz Observatory on December 30, 1929. The S-type asteroid with a high geometric albedo of 0.18 completes one rotation every 9.8 hours and revolves around the Sun once every 4.61 years.[1]

    It is named after the Crimean Peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea, where the discovering observatory is located.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1140 Crimea (1929 YC)" (2015-09-01 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1140) Crimea. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 96. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.

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