2575 Bulgaria
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | T. Smirnova |
| Discovery site | CrAO - Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | 4 August 1970 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2575 Bulgaria |
Named after | Bulgaria (country)[2] |
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1970 PL · 1970 QD 1977 RQ6 · 1980 PY A923 PB | |
| main-belt · Flora [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 92.25 yr (33,696 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.5165 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9626 AU |
| 2.2396 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1236 |
| 3.35 yr (1,224 days) | |
| 204.43° | |
| Inclination | 4.6761° |
| 322.00° | |
| 287.35° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 7.08 km (calculated)[3] |
| 8.6157 h[4] | |
| 0.24 (assumed)[3] | |
|
SMASS = Sr[3] S [3] | |
| 12.6[3] | |
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2575 Bulgaria, provisional designation 1970 PL, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 August 1970, by Russian female astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.[5]
Classified as a Sr-subtype in the SMASS taxonomy, the S-type asteroid is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,224 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.12 and is tilted by 5 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 8.6 hours[4] and an albedo of 0.24, as assumed by the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link.[3]
The minor planet was named after the European country Bulgaria. At the time of naming, it was the People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990), a former satellite state of the Soviet Union and member of the Warsaw Pact.[2]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2575 Bulgaria (1970 PL)" (2015-11-20 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2575) Bulgaria. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 210. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "LCDB Data for (2575) Bulgaria". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved December 2015.
- 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 December 2015.
- ↑ "2575 Bulgaria (1970 PL)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 2015.
External links
- 2575 Bulgaria in NASA's Planetary Data System
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 2575 Bulgaria at the JPL Small-Body Database
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