1902 Shaposhnikov

1902 Shaposhnikov
Discovery[1]
Discovered by T. Smirnova
Discovery site CrAO (Nauchnyj)
Discovery date 18 April 1972
Designations
MPC designation 1902 Shaposhnikov
Named after
Vladimir Shaposhnikov
(astronomer)[2]
1972 HU · 1940 GK
1941 MC · 1950 TD4
1951 WY1 · 1951 YD
1958 TP1 · 1958 VB
1959 XA · 1972 JA
main-belt (outer) · Hilda[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 74.94 yr (27,373 days)
Aphelion 4.8470 AU
Perihelion 3.0837 AU
3.9653 AU
Eccentricity 0.2223
7.90 yr (2,884 days)
86.059°
Inclination 12.495°
59.320°
268.29°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 96.9±3.2 km[4]
21.2 h[5][6]
0.0296
B–V = 0.729
U–B = 0.254
Tholen = X
9.51

    1902 Shaposhnikov, provisional designation 1972 HU, is a very dark asteroid from the outer asteroid belt, almost 100 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on April 18, 1972 by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at Nauchnyj in Crimea.[7] It orbits the Sun at a distance of 3.1–4.8 AU once every 7.9 years (2,884 days) and has a rotation period of 21.2 hours.[5][6] Shaposhnikov is a X-type asteroid with a very low geometric albedo of 0.03, as measured by NEOWISE in 2010 and 2011.[4]

    With a diameter of 96.9±3.2 kilometers,[4] it is the most recent discovered outer main-belt asteroid that is in the 100-kilometer diameter range. The next larger asteroid, 1390 Abastumani, with a diameter of roughly 102 kilometers was already discovered in the 1930s, four decades earlier.[8] Besides being an outer main-belt asteroid, Shaposhnikov is also classified as a Hildian asteroid.[3]

    It was named in honour of Vladimir Grigorevich Shaposhnikov (1905–1942), who worked at the Simeiz Observatory and was an expert in astrometry, before he perished at the Eastern Front of the Second World War.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1902 Shaposhnikov (1972 HU)" (2015-03-16 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1902) Shaposhnikov. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 152. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
    3. 1 2 "LCDB Data for (1902) Shaposhnikov". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved October 2015.
    4. 1 2 3 Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System. Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T. Retrieved October 2015.
    5. 1 2 Gonano, M.; Mottola, S.; Neukum, G.; di Martino, M. (1991). "Physical study of outer belt asteroids". Space dust and debris; Proceedings of the Topical Meeting of the Interdisciplinary Scientific Commission B /Meetings B2: 197–200. Bibcode:1991AdSpR..11..197G. doi:10.1016/0273-1177(91)90563-Y. ISSN 0273-1177. Retrieved October 2015.
    6. 1 2 Dahlgren, M.; Lahulla, J. F.; Lagerkvist, C.-I.; Lagerros, J.; Mottola, S.; Erikson, A.; et al. (June 1998). "A Study of Hilda Asteroids. V. Lightcurves of 47 Hilda Asteroids". Icarus 133 (2): 247–285. Bibcode:1998Icar..133..247D. doi:10.1006/icar.1998.5919. Retrieved October 2015.
    7. "1902 Shaposhnikov (1972 HU)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved October 2015.
    8. "JPL Small-Body Database Search Engine: orbital class (IMB or MBA or OMB) and H < 10 (mag)". JPL Solar System Dynamics. Retrieved 2014-03-17.

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