1834 Palach

1834 Palach
Discovery [1]
Discovered by L. Kohoutek
Discovery site Bergedorf Obs.
Discovery date 22 August 1969
Designations
MPC designation 1834 Palach
Named after
 Jan Palach[2]
1969 QP
main-belt · Eos [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 45.74 yr (16706 days)
Aphelion 3.2347 AU (483.90 Gm)
Perihelion 2.8140 AU (420.97 Gm)
3.0243 AU (452.43 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.069554
5.26 yr (1921.1 d)
350.21°
0° 11m 14.64s / day
Inclination 9.4368°
268.18°
358.14°
Earth MOID 1.79664 AU (268.774 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.84645 AU (276.225 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.221
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 20.23±0.87 km[4]
18.059±0.264 km[5]
19.52 km (calculated)[3]
3.139 h (0.1308 d)[1][6]
3.1358±0.0009 h[7]
0.109±0.010[4]
0.1364±0.0190[5]
0.14 (assumed)[3]
S [3]
11.3

    1834 Palach, provisional designation 1969 QP, is a stony asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 22 August 1969 by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek at Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg, Germany.[8]

    The asteroid measures about 19 kilometers in diameter and orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.8–3.2 AU once every 5 years and 3 months (1,921 days). It has a rotation period of 3.14 hours. The geometric albedo of the S-type asteroid is about 0.11–0.14.[3][4][5]

    It was named in memory of Czech student Jan Palach, who burned himself to death, as a protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia that followed and ended the national reform movement known as the Prague Spring.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1834 Palach (1969 QP)" (2015-05-19 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1834) Palach. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 147. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (1834) Palach". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 1 2 3 Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; Ootsubo, Takafumi; 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.
    5. 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 November 2015.
    6. ↑ Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1834) Palach". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
    7. ↑ Pligge, Zachary; Monnier, Adam; Pharo, John; Stolze, Kellen; Yim, Arnold; Ditteon, Richard (January 2011). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory: 2010 May". The Minor Planet Bulletin 38 (1): 5–7. Bibcode:2011MPBu...38....5P. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved November 2015.
    8. ↑ "1834 Palach (1969 QP)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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