13474 V'yus

13474 V'yus
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova
Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Observatory
Discovery date August 29, 1973
Designations
MPC designation 13474
1973 QO1
Main belt[2]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch November 30, 2008
Aphelion 2.6231620 AU
Perihelion 1.8598552 AU
Eccentricity 0.2909873
1551.8012598 days (4.25 years)
104.35059°
Inclination 7.81418°
317.43726°
36.37145°
Physical characteristics
6.587 ± 0.001 hours[3]
13.5[4]

    13474 V'yus (1973 QO1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 29, 1973, by Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory.[1] Named for Yurij Sergeevich Vasil'ev, rector of Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University.[5]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (10001)-(15000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 2011-05-26. Retrieved January 26, 2009.
    2. 1 2 "13474 V'yus (1973 QO1)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved January 26, 2009.
    3. Maurice Clark (2008). "Asteroid Lightcurve Observations". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 152–154. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..152C.
    4. Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2009.
    5. Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 800. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved January 26, 2009.

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