1977 Shura

1977 Shura
Discovery [1]
Discovered by T. Smirnova
Discovery site CrAO - Nauchnyj
Discovery date 30 August 1970
Designations
MPC designation 1977 Shura
Named after
 Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky [2]
(Hero of the Soviet Union)
1970 QY · 1942 RW
1952 UT1 · 1968 DE
main-belt · (outer) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 61.43 yr (22,438 days)
Aphelion 2.9820 AU
Perihelion 2.5785 AU
2.7803 AU
Eccentricity 0.0725
4.64 yr (1,693 days)
311.03°
Inclination 7.7657°
332.26°
310.37°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 16.27±0.65 km[4]
18.497±0.124 km[5]
14.89 km (calculated)[3]
7.461 h[6]
0.185±0.016[4]
0.1311±0.0069[5]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
SMASS = Sq
S [3]
11.5

    1977 Shura, provisional designation 1970 QY, is a stony asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 16 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Russian female astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on 30 August 1970.[7]

    In the SMASS taxonomy scheme, the stony S-type asteroid is classified as a transitional Sq- subtype to the elusive Q-type asteroids of the main-belt.[1][8] It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.6–3.0 AU once every 4 years and 8 months (1,693 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.07 and is tilted by 8 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 7.5 hours[6] and a geometric albedo of 0.19 and 0.13, according to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari and NASA's WISE spacecraft, respectively.[4][5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) assumes a somewhat higher albedo of 0.20.[3]

    The minor planet was named after Aleksandr Kosmodemyansky (1925–1945), Hero of the Soviet Union, who died at the age of 19 during the Great Patriotic War, shortly after the Battle of Königsberg. "Shura" is a pet name for Aleksandr. The minor planets 1793 Zoya and 2072 Kosmodemyanskaya were named after his sister and mother.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1977 Shura (1970 QY)" (2015-08-12 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1977) Shura. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 159. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (1977) Shura". 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. 1 2 Albers, Kenda; Kragh, Katherine; Monnier, Adam; Pligge, Zachary; Stolze, Kellen; West, Josh; et al. (October 2010). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory: 2009 October thru 2010 April". Bulletin of the Minor Planets (Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers) 37 (4): 152–158. Bibcode:2010MPBu...37..152A. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved November 2015.
    7. ↑ "1977 Shura (1970 QY)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.
    8. ↑ Binzel, R. P.; Masi, G.; Foglia, S.; Vernazza, P.; Burbine, T. H.; Thomas, C. A.; et al. (March 2007). "Searching for V-type and Q-type Main-Belt Asteroids Based on SDSS Colors". 38th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Bibcode:2007LPI....38.1851B. Retrieved November 2015.

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