1956 Artek

1956 Artek
Discovery [1]
Discovered by L. Chernykh
Discovery site CrAO - Nauchnyj
Discovery date 8 October 1969
Designations
MPC designation 1956 Artek
Named after
 Artek
(Young Pioneer camp)[2]
1969 TX1 · 1975 TA6
main-belt (outer) · Themis [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 61.63 yr (22,510 days)
Aphelion 3.5320 AU
Perihelion 2.8773 AU
3.2047 AU
Eccentricity 0.1021
5.74 yr (2,095 days)
234.72°
Inclination 1.4926°
153.35°
346.24°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 17.97±0.91 km[4]
19.92±3.55 km[5]
18.71 km (calculated)[3]
9.4 h[6]
0.099±0.011[4]
0.074±0.033[5]
0.08 (assumed)[3]
C [3]
12.1

    1956 Artek, provisional designation 1969 TX1, is a dark asteroid in the outer regions of the asteroid belt about 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on October 8, 1969 by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj.[7] The C-type asteroid with an albedo of about 0.08, orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.9–3.5 AU once every 5 years and 9 months (2,095 days). It has a provisional rotation period of 9.4 hours.[6] It belongs to the Themis family.[3]

    It was named after the first The first All-Union Young Pioneer camp, Artek (Арте́к) in Crimea.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1956 Artek (1969 TX1)" (2015-10-23 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1956) Artek. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 157. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (1956) Artek". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 1 2 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 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; Cabrera, M. S. (November 2012). "Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 759 (1): 5. arXiv:1209.5794. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759L...8M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Retrieved November 2015.
    6. 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves (1956) Artek". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
    7. ↑ "1956 Artek (1969 TX1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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