3406 Omsk

Omsk
Discovery
Discovered by B. A. Burnasheva
Discovery site Nauchnyj
Discovery date February 21, 1969
Designations
MPC designation 3406
Named after
 Omsk
1969 DA
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.167
Perihelion 2.424
Eccentricity 0.133
1707.271
83.995
Inclination 8.367
269.9646
311.368
Physical characteristics
7.275[1] h
0.2476
11.30

    3406 Omsk is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 21, 1969 by the Russian astronomer Bella Burnasheva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, and given a preliminary designation of 1969 DA. It was named for the discoverer's birthplace of Omsk, the administrative center of the Omsk Oblast in Russia.[2]

    Photometric observations of this asteroid made in 2007 at the Mt. Tarana Observatory in Bathurst, Australia were used to produce a light curve that showed a period of 7.275 ± 0.006 hours with a brightness variation of 0.28 in magnitude. This indicates a ratio of 1.3 between the lengths of the major and minor axes.[1]

    References

    1. 1 2 Bembrick, Collin; Crawford, Greg (December 2007), "The Rotation Period of 3406 Omsk", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 34 (4), pp. 128–129, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34..128B.
    2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Springer, p. 267, ISBN 3642297188.

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