2296 Kugultinov

2296 Kugultinov
Discovery[1]
Discovered by L. Chernykh
Discovery site CrAO (Nauchnyj)
Discovery date 18 January 1975
Designations
MPC designation 2296 Kugultinov
Named after
David Kugultinov[2]
1975 BA1 · 1941 FM
1958 DF · 1975 CE
1978 RM1
main-belt · Themis[lower-alpha 1]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 74.32 yr (27,145 days)
Aphelion 3.7125 AU
Perihelion 2.6487 AU
3.1806 AU
Eccentricity 0.1672
5.67 yr (2,072 days)
41.503°
Inclination 1.2546°
42.237°
100.12°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 21.5 km[lower-alpha 1]
10 h[3]
8.4332±0.0224 h[4]
16.850±0.004 h[5]
0.08[lower-alpha 1]
11.7

    2296 Kugultinov, provisional designation 1975 BA1, is an asteroid in the asteroid belt about 22 kilometers[lower-alpha 1] in diameter. It was discovered on January 18, 1975 by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj.[6] It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.6–3.7 AU once every 5 years and 8 months (2,072 days). As it belongs to the Themis family of asteroids,[lower-alpha 1] the orbit is almost coplanar with the ecliptic plane, tilted by only 1¼ degree.[1]

    It has a rotation period of 10 hours.[3] Photometric measurements of its light-curve in 2015 resulted in divergent time spans for the asteroid's synodic period of rotation. While one observation over a period of five days gave 8.4332±0.0224 hours[lower-alpha 2] a second observation over 13 nights (performed in the same time period) yielded a much larger period of 16.850±0.004 hours[lower-alpha 3] with an amplitude of 0.23 in magnitude.[4][5]

    The asteroid was named in honor of David Nikitich Kugultinov (1922–2006), renowned Soviet poet and national poet of the Republic of Kalmykia (also see 2287 Kalmykia).[2]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 Diameter, albedo and family classification (THM) retrieved from MinorPlanet.Info summary of LCDB Data for (2296) Kugultinov
    2. Photometric observations of main-belt asteroid 2296 Kugultinov were made over a period of five nights spanning 2015 March 27 to April 20. The measured rotation period is 8.4332 ± 0.0224 h.Bibcode: 2015MPBu...42Q.241H
    3. The minor planet 2296 Kugultinov was observed on 13 nights between 2015 March 13 and April 21. The analysis yielded a synodic period of rotation of P = 16.850 ± 0.004 h and amplitude of A = 0.23 mag. This result is in disagreement with a previously reported period of P = 10.41 h.Bibcode: 2015MPBu...42..284L

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2296 Kugultinov (1975 BA1)" (2015-07-13 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names — (2296) Kugultinov. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 187. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
    3. 1 2 Behrend, Raoul (2013). "Asteroids and comets rotation curves–(2296) Kugultinov". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved October 2015.
    4. 1 2 Hayes-Gehrke, Melissa N.; Chapin, Rebecca; Cromwell, Samuel; Castro, David; Spano, Francesca; Kyung, Justin; et al. (October 2015). "Rotation Period Determination for 2996 Kugultinov". The Minor Planet Bulletin (Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers) 42 (4): 241. Bibcode:2015MPBu...42Q.241H. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved October 2015.
    5. 1 2 Lang, Kim; Jacobsen, Jens (October 2015). "A New Synodic Period for 2296 Kugultinov". The Minor Planet Bulletin (Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers) 42 (4): 284–285. Bibcode:2015MPBu...42..284L. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved October 2015.
    6. "2296 Kugultinov (1975 BA1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved October 2015.

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