58097 Alimov
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | T. Smirnova |
| Discovery site | CrAO – Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | 26 October 1976 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 58097 Alimov |
Named after |
Alexandr Alimov (ecologist)[2] |
|
1976 UQ1 · 1976 WO 2001 TE43 | |
| main-belt · (inner) [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 38.57 yr (14,087 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2361 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8972 AU |
| 2.5667 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2608 |
| 4.11 yr (1,502 days) | |
| 136.66° | |
| Inclination | 12.923° |
| 34.270° | |
| 11.390° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 3.67 km (calculated)[3] |
| 78.1729±0.3152 h[4] | |
| 0.20 (assumed)[3] | |
| S [3] | |
| 14.2[1] | |
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58097 Alimov, provisional designation 1976 UQ1, is a stony asteroid and slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 October 1976, by Russian female astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.[5]
The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–3.2 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,502 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.26 and is tilted by 13 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. In 2012, a photometric light-curve analysis from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey rendered a relatively long rotation period of 78.2 hours, or more than three days.[4] Its albedo has been estimated by the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link to amount to 0.20, a typical value for a body with a stony surface composition.[3]
The minor planet was named after Russian ecologist Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov (b. 1933) president of the Hydrobiological Society and founder of the Russian School of Functional Ecology. He is known for his theoretical and experimental work on aquatic ecosystems and for the study on the prevention of ecological crisis.[2] (He is not to be confused with Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov, who worked at Chernobyl during the nuclear accident).
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 58097 Alimov (1976 UQ1)" (2015-05-18 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names –. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 1206. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (58097) Alimov". 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.
- ↑ "58097 Alimov (1976 UQ1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 2015.
External links
- 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 (55001)-(60000) – Minor Planet Center
- 58097 Alimov at the JPL Small-Body Database
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