2098 Zyskin

2098 Zyskin
Discovery[1]
Discovered by L. V. Zhuravleva
Discovery site CrAO (Nauchnyj)
Discovery date 18 August 1972
Designations
MPC designation 2098 Zyskin
Named after
Yur'evich Zyskin
(surgeon)[2]
1972 QE · 1934 NE
1957 QH
main-belt · Vestoid[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 57.58 yr (21,030 days)
Aphelion 2.7318 AU
Perihelion 2.1157 AU
2.4238 AU
Eccentricity 0.1270
3.77 yr (1,378 days)
129.99°
Inclination 6.5006°
337.76°
353.80°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 8.91 km (calculated)[3]
3.9201 h[4]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
S[3]
12.4

    2098 Zyskin, provisional designation 1972 QE, is a vestoid asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Russian–Ukrainian female astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on 18 August 1972.[5]

    The vestoid or V-type asteroid is also a core member of the Vesta family. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.1–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,378 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.13 and is tilted by 7 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. Asteroids with these spectral and orbital characteristics are thought to have all originated from the Rheasilvia crater, a large impact crater on the south-polar surface of 4 Vesta, which is the main-belt's second-most-massive asteroid after 1 Ceres.

    2098 Zyskin has a rotation period of 3.920 hours and an assumed albedo of 0.20.[3][4]

    The minor planet was named in honor of Lev Yur’evich Zyskin, professor at the Crimean Medical Institute, who was head of its Pulmonary Surgery Center.[2] Lyudmila Zhuravleva also discovered 1858 Lobachevsk on the same day she discovered 2098 Zyskin. She is a prolific astronomer with more than 200 minor planets discovered between 1972 and 1992 and (still) ranks in 61st position on the Minor Planet Center's discoverer-list as of 2015.[6]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2098 Zyskin (1972 QE)" (2015-03-29 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2098) Zyskin. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 170. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (2098) Zyskin". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 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 November 2015.
    5. "2098 Zyskin (1972 QE)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.
    6. "Minor Planet Discoverers (ranking by discoveries)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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