15258 Alfilipenko
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. V. Zhuravleva |
| Discovery site | CrAO (Nauchnyj) |
| Discovery date | 15 September 1990 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 15258 Alfilipenko |
Named after |
Alexander Menshikov (Russian statesman)[2] |
| 1990 RN17 · 1998 BJ11 | |
| main-belt (outer) | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 25.18 yr (9,197 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.7830 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.6801 AU |
| 3.2316 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1706 |
| 5.81 yr (2,122 days) | |
| 132.36° | |
| Inclination | 6.7616° |
| 294.54° | |
| 30.914° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 11.29 km (calculated)[3] |
| 4.3655 h[4] | |
| 0.057 (assumed)[3] | |
| C [3] | |
| 13.0[1] | |
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15258 Alfilipenko, provisional designation 1990 RN17, is an asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 11 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Russian–Ukraininan astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, Crimean peninsula, on 15 September 1990.[5]
The C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.8 AU once every 5 years and 10 months (2,122 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.17 and is tilted by 7 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 4.4 hours[4] and an albedo of 0.06, assumed by the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL).[3]
The minor planet was named in honour of Aleksandr Vasil'evich Filipenko (b. 1950), civil engineer at Khanty-Mansiysk, Siberia, and chairman of a charitable fund for the memory of Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673–1729).[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 15258 Alfilipenko (1990 RN17)" (2015-11-20 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (15258) Alfilipenko. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 886. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (15258) Alfilipenko". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 Waszczak, Adam; Chang, Chan-Kao; Ofek, Eran O.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Levitan, David; et al. (September 2015). "Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry". The Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 35. arXiv:1504.04041. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...75W. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. Retrieved December 2015.
- ↑ "15258 Alfilipenko (1990 RN17)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 2015.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (15001)-(20000) – Minor Planet Center
- 15258 Alfilipenko at the JPL Small-Body Database
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