1590 Tsiolkovskaja

1590 Tsiolkovskaja
Discovery [1]
Discovered by G. Neujmin
Discovery site Simeiz Observatory
Discovery date 1 July 1933
Designations
MPC designation 1590 Tsiolkovskaja
Named after
 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
(rocket scientist)[2]
1933 NA · 1933 OU
1936 HB · 1937 VE
1940 RN · 1940 RX
1943 OD · 1950 SF
A907 TB · A913 MC
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 108.54 yr (39643 days)
Aphelion 2.5794 AU (385.87 Gm)
Perihelion 1.8807 AU (281.35 Gm)
2.2301 AU (333.62 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.15666
3.33 yr (1216.4 d)
344.17°
0° 17m 45.456s / day
Inclination 4.3515°
226.54°
52.617°
Earth MOID 0.867986 AU (129.8489 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.53305 AU (378.939 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.623
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 13.27 km[4]
12.81±0.27 km[5]
10.826±0.019 km[6]
9.83±0.40 km[7]
13.32 km (derived)[3]
Mean radius
 6.635 ± 0.25 km
6.731 h (0.2805 d)[1][8]
6.7 h[9]
6.737±0.004 h[10]
6.7299±0.0005 h[11]
0.2095[4]
0.232±0.012[5]
0.3260±0.0601[6]
0.419±0.050[7]
0.2280 (derived)[3]
0.2095 ± 0.018[1]
S [3]
11.7

    1590 Tsiolkovskaja, provisional designation 1933 NA, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 13 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Soviet–Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin at the Crimean Simeiz Observatory on 1 July 1933.[12]

    The asteroid is a member of the Flora family, a large group of stony S-type asteroids in the inner main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,217 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.16 and is tilted by 4 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic.[1] It has a well-defined rotation period of 6.7 hours, measured by several photometric observations.[8][9]<ref name="Warner-2008i" /[11] The body has a relatively high albedo in the range of 0.21 to 0.42, according to the surveys carried out by IRAS, Akari, and WISE/NEOWISE, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives a more moderate albedo of 0.23.[3][4][5][6][7]

    The minor planet was named in honor of Soviet–Russian rocket scientists, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935), considered to be one of the founding fathers of rocketry and astronautics and instrumental to the success of the Soviet space program.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1590 Tsiolkovskaja (1933 NA)" (2015-03-24 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1590) Tsiolkovskaja. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 126. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (1590) Tsiolkovskaja". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 1 2 3 Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System. Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T. Retrieved November 2015.
    5. 1 2 3 Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; Ootsubo, Takafumi; Ishihara, Daisuke; et al. (October 2011). "Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 63 (5): 1117–1138. Bibcode:2011PASJ...63.1117U. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. Retrieved November 2015.
    6. 1 2 3 Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; Tholen, D.; McMillan, R. S.; 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 November 2015.
    7. 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 November 2015.
    8. 1 2 Carbo, Landry; Green, Dawson; Kragh, Katherine; Krotz, Jonathan; Meiers, Andrew; Patino, Bernadette; Pligge, Zachary; et al. (October 2009). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory: 2008 October thru 2009 March". The Minor Planet Bulletin 36 (4): 152–157. Bibcode:2009MPBu...36..152C. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved November 2015.
    9. 1 2 Lagerkvist, C.-I. (March 1978). "Photographic photometry of 110 main-belt asteroids". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series: 361–381. Bibcode:1978A&AS...31..361L. Retrieved November 2015.
    10. ↑ Warner, Brian D. (June 2008). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory: September-December 2007". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (2): 67–71. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35...67W. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved November 2015.
    11. 1 2 Kryszczynska, A.; Colas, F.; Polinska, M.; Hirsch, R.; Ivanova, V.; Apostolovska, G.; Bilkina, B.; et al. (October 2012). "Do Slivan states exist in the Flora family?. I. Photometric survey of the Flora region". Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 51. Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..72K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219199. Retrieved November 2015.
    12. ↑ "1590 Tsiolkovskaja (1933 NA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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