1790 Volkov

1790 Volkov
Discovery [1]
Discovered by L. Chernykh
Discovery site CrAO - Nauchnyj
Discovery date 9 March 1967
Designations
MPC designation 1790 Volkov
Named after
 Vladislav Volkov
(cosmonaut)[2]
1967 ER · 1926 AB
1950 BU1 · 1955 SV2
1957 FB
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 89.83 yr (32,809 days)
Aphelion 2.4635 AU
Perihelion 2.0131 AU
2.2383 AU
Eccentricity 0.1006
3.35 yr (1,223 days)
170.16°
Inclination 5.1110°
2.0116°
147.57°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 8.67±0.35 km[4]
8.057±0.059 km[5]
8.98 km (caculated)[3]
10.7419 h[6]
21.455±0.005 h[7]
0.241±0.021[4]
0.2790±0.0288[5]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
S [3]
12.4

    1790 Volkov, provisional designation 1967 ER, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 March 1967 by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO) in Nauchnyj.[8]

    The S-type asteroid belongs to the large Flora family of inner belt asteroids. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,223 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.10 and an orbital inclination of 5 degrees towards to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 10.742 hours and an albedo of about 0.25, determined by the Japanese Akari and the WISE/NEOWISE space-missions.[4][5]

    The minor planet was named in honor of Russian–Soviet cosmonaut Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov, flight engineer of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft, who died at the age of 35 during the vehicle's return to Earth after completing the flight program of the Salyut station on 30 June 1971. The lunar crater Volkov is also named after him. The minor planets 1789 Dobrovolsky and 1791 Patsayev were named in honour of his dead crew members.[2] The names of all three cosmonauts are also engraved on the plaque next to the sculpture of the Fallen Astronaut on the Moon, which was placed there during the Apollo 15 mission, containing the names of eight American astronauts and six Soviet cosmonauts, who had all died in service.

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1790 Volkov (1967 ER)" (2015-10-02 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1790) Volkov. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 143. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (1790) Volkov". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 1 2 3 Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; Ootsubo, Takafumi; et al. (October 2011). "Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 63 (5): 1117–1138. Bibcode:2011PASJ...63.1117U. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. Retrieved November 2015.
    5. 1 2 3 Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; Tholen, D.; et al. (November 2011). "NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results". The Astrophysical Journal 741 (2): 25. arXiv:1109.6407. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Retrieved November 2015.
    6. ↑ Stephens, Robert D. (September 2007). "Photometry from GMARS and Santana Observatories - Early 2007". Bulletin of the Minor Planets (Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers) 34 (3): 64–65. Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...64S. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved November 2015.
    7. ↑ Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1790) Volkov". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
    8. ↑ "1790 Volkov (1967 ER)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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