1900 Katyusha
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | T. Smirnova |
| Discovery site | CrAO (Nauchnyj) |
| Discovery date | 16 December 1971 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1900 Katyusha |
Named after |
Yekaterina Zelenko (war pilot)[2] |
|
1971 YB · 1938 WM 1941 SS1 · 1950 LS 1953 GL1 · 1961 WD 1969 DC | |
| main-belt · Flora family[3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 62.09 yr (22678 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.5073 AU (375.09 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.9109 AU (285.87 Gm) |
| 2.2091 AU (330.48 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.13497 |
| 3.28 yr (1199.3 d) | |
| 174.01° | |
| 0° 18m 0.648s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.5434° |
| 281.92° | |
| 142.51° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.928604 AU (138.9172 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.771 AU (414.5 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.638 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 9 km[4][5] |
| 9.4999 h (0.39583 d) | |
| 0.29[4][5] | |
| S (LCDB)[3] | |
| 12.2 | |
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1900 Katyusha, provisional designation 1971 YB, is a small but bright stony asteroid of the inner main-belt. It was discovered on December 16, 1971, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj[6] and measures about 9 kilometers in diameter. Its albedo of 0.29 has been determined by spectrophotometric observations made by NEOWISE in 2010–2011.[4][5]
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,200 days)[1] and rotates around its axis with a period of nine and a half hours (9.4999±0.0001 h, 0.72±0.02 mag).[7] It is an assumed S-type asteroid belonging to the Flora family.[3]
Named in honor of Ukrainian Ekaterina Ivanovna Zelenko (1916–1941), a war pilot and Hero of the Soviet Union, known for being the only woman who had ever executed an aerial ramming. The asteroid's name "Katyusha" is a petname for Ekaterina.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1900 Katyusha (1971 YB)" (2015-05-17 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1900) Katyusha. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 152. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 "LCDB Data for (1900) Katyusha". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; Cabrera, M. S. (November 2012). "Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 759 (1): 5. arXiv:1209.5794
. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759L...8M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Retrieved 23 August 2016. - 1 2 3 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 23 August 2016.
- ↑ "1900 Katyusha (1971 YB)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- ↑ 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 23 August 2016.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 1900 Katyusha at the JPL Small-Body Database
