1854 Skvortsov

1854 Skvortsov
Discovery [1]
Discovered by T. Smirnova
Discovery site CrAO - Nauchnyj
Discovery date 22 October 1968
Designations
MPC designation 1854 Skvortsov
Named after
Evgenii Skvortsov
(astronomer)[2]
1968 UE1 · 1962 HC
1964 VC · 1964 XB
main-belt · (inner)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 53.39 yr (19502 days)
Aphelion 2.8917 AU (432.59 Gm)
Perihelion 2.1845 AU (326.80 Gm)
2.5381 AU (379.69 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.13932
4.04 yr (1476.9 d)
195.22°
 14m 37.5s / day
Inclination 4.8983°
189.25°
274.19°
Earth MOID 1.20758 AU (180.651 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.26617 AU (339.014 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.428
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 10.265±0.070 km[4]
8.97 km (calculated)[3]
78.5 h (3.27 d)[1][5]
0.2031±0.0640[4]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
S[3]
12.6

    1854 Skvortsov, provisional designation 1968 UE1, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Russian female astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on 22 October 1968.[6]

    The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.2–2.9 AU once every 4.04 years (1,477 days). It has a long rotation period of 78.5 hours.[5] The geometric albedo of the S-type asteroid is 0.20.[3][4]

    The asteroid was named in honor of Evgenii Fedorovich Skvortsov (1882–1952), an instructor of astronomy in the Simferopol Pedagogical Institute, an active observer of minor planets at the Crimean Simeiz Observatory, and the discoverer of several minor planets, including 1149 Volga, 1167 Dubiago and 1381 Danubia.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1854 Skvortsov (1968 UE1)" (2015-09-18 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1854) Skvortsov. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 149. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (1854) Skvortsov". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 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.
    5. 1 2 Warner, Brian D. (December 2006). "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - February - March 2006". The Minor Planet Bulletin 33 (4): 82–84. Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...82W. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved November 2015.
    6. "1854 Skvortsov (1968 UE1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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