3409 Abramov
Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
Discovery site | CrAO – Nauchnyj |
Discovery date | 9 September 1977 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 3409 Abramov |
Named after |
Fyodor Abramov (Russian writer)[2] |
1977 RE6 · 1929 UP 1929 VD · 1948 TW1 1958 VU · 1972 TF5 1979 BS1 · 1980 GF1 1982 VY5 · 1985 GD1 | |
main-belt · Koronis [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 86.12 yr (31,454 days) |
Aphelion | 3.0929 AU |
Perihelion | 2.6177 AU |
2.8553 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0832 |
4.83 yr (1,762 days) | |
10.420° | |
0° 12m 15.12s / day | |
Inclination | 1.4016° |
211.40° | |
168.76° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions |
±0.168 km 10.765[4] ±1.938 11.402[lower-alpha 1] 10.80 km (calculated)[3] |
±0.002 7.791h[5] ±0.4 h 9.0[6] | |
±0.0604 0.2416[4] ±0.044 0.236[lower-alpha 1] 0.24 (assumed)[3] | |
S [3] | |
12.0[1][3][4][lower-alpha 1] | |
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3409 Abramov, provisional designation 1977 RE6, is a stony Koronis asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 September 1977, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on the Crimean peninsula.[7]
The S-type asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group consisting of about 200 known stony bodies with nearly ecliptical orbits. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.6–3.1 AU once every 4 years and 10 months (1,762 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.08 and an inclination of 1° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The first precovery was obtained at Lowell Observatory in 1929, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 48 years prior to its discovery.[7]
In 2008, a photometric light-curve analysis at the Universidad de Monterry Observatory, Mexico, gave a well-defined rotation period of ±0.002 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.50 in 7.791magnitude (U=3),[5] while an observation by astronomer René Roy rendered a tentative period of ±0.4 hours ( 9.0U=2).[6] According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of the NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid has an albedo of 0.24 with a corresponding diameter of 10.8 kilometers.[4] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link and others closely agree with these findings.[3][lower-alpha 1]
The minor planet was named in memory of Russian novelist and literary critic Fyodor Abramov (1920–1983), whose work focused on the difficult lives of the Russian peasant class.[2] Naming citation was published on 1 September 1993 (M.P.C. 22498).[8]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Ryan (2015): mean diameter of ±1.938 and an albedo of 11.402±0.044. Summary figures at 0.236Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) for (3409) Abramov
- 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3409 Abramov (1977 RE6)" (2015-12-09 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3409) Abramov. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 284. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (3409) Abramov". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; Tholen, D.; et al. (November 2011). "NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 25. arXiv:1109.6407. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- 1 2 Sada, Pedro V. (September 2008). "CCD Photometry of Six Asteroids from the Universidad de Monterry Observatory". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 35 (3): 105–107. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..105S. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (3409) Abramov". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- 1 2 "3409 Abramov (1977 RE6)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
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 (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 3409 Abramov at the JPL Small-Body Database