2009 Voloshina
| Discovery [1][2] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | T. Smirnova |
| Discovery site | CrAO (Nauchnyj) |
| Discovery date | 22 October 1968 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2009 Voloshina |
Named after | Vera Voloshina[3] |
|
1968 UL · 1926 FF 1929 TO · 1957 WF2 1959 EC · 1970 EL1 1973 SP6 · 1973 SU3 | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 90.01 yr (32875 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.5594 AU (532.48 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.6694 AU (399.34 Gm) |
| 3.1144 AU (465.91 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14288 |
| 5.50 yr (2007.5 d) | |
| 153.77° | |
| 0° 10m 45.588s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.8614° |
| 107.56° | |
| 6.2423° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.68583 AU (252.197 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.55136 AU (232.080 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.200 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 34.8 km |
Mean radius | 17.41 ± 1.05 km |
| 5.896 h (0.2457 d) | |
| 0.0698 ± 0.009 | |
| 11.2 | |
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2009 Voloshina, provisional designation 1968 UL, is an asteroid in the asteroid belt, about 35 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on 22 October 1968. The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.6 AU once every five and a half years. Its orbit lies nearly in the ecliptic plane as it is tilted by less than 3 degrees. Measurements by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, IRAS, show a geometric albedo of 0.07. The asteroid rotates around its axis once every six hours.[1][2]
It was named in honor of Vera Danilovna Voloshina (1919–1941), a partisan of the Soviet Great Patriotic War (1941–1945), also known as the Eastern Front of the Second World War.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2009 Voloshina (1968 UL)" (2015-08-14 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
- 1 2 "2009 Voloshina (1968 UL)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2009) Voloshina. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 163. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 2009 Voloshina at the JPL Small-Body Database
