3409 Abramov

3409 Abramov
Discovery [1]
Discovered by N. Chernykh
Discovery site CrAO – Nauchnyj
Discovery date 9 September 1977
Designations
MPC designation 3409 Abramov
Named after
 Fyodor Abramov
(Russian writer)[2]
1977 RE6 · 1929 UP
1929 VD · 1948 TW1
1958 VU · 1972 TF5
1979 BS1 · 1980 GF1
1982 VY5 · 1985 GD1
main-belt · Koronis [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 86.12 yr (31,454 days)
Aphelion 3.0929 AU
Perihelion 2.6177 AU
2.8553 AU
Eccentricity 0.0832
4.83 yr (1,762 days)
10.420°
0° 12m 15.12s / day
Inclination 1.4016°
211.40°
168.76°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 10.765±0.168 km[4]
11.402±1.938[lower-alpha 1]
10.80 km (calculated)[3]
7.791±0.002 h[5]
9.0±0.4 h[6]
0.2416±0.0604[4]
0.236±0.044[lower-alpha 1]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
S [3]
12.0[1][3][4][lower-alpha 1]

    3409 Abramov, provisional designation 1977 RE6, is a stony Koronis asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 September 1977, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on the Crimean peninsula.[7]

    The S-type asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group consisting of about 200 known stony bodies with nearly ecliptical orbits. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.6–3.1 AU once every 4 years and 10 months (1,762 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.08 and an inclination of 1° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The first precovery was obtained at Lowell Observatory in 1929, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 48 years prior to its discovery.[7]

    In 2008, a photometric light-curve analysis at the Universidad de Monterry Observatory, Mexico, gave a well-defined rotation period of 7.791±0.002 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.50 in magnitude (U=3),[5] while an observation by astronomer René Roy rendered a tentative period of 9.0±0.4 hours (U=2).[6] According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of the NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid has an albedo of 0.24 with a corresponding diameter of 10.8 kilometers.[4] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link and others closely agree with these findings.[3][lower-alpha 1]

    The minor planet was named in memory of Russian novelist and literary critic Fyodor Abramov (1920–1983), whose work focused on the difficult lives of the Russian peasant class.[2] Naming citation was published on 1 September 1993 (M.P.C. 22498).[8]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 Ryan (2015): mean diameter of 11.402±1.938 and an albedo of 0.236±0.044. Summary figures at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) for (3409) Abramov
    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3409 Abramov (1977 RE6)" (2015-12-09 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3409) Abramov. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 284. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved April 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (3409) Abramov". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved April 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 4 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 April 2016.
    5. 1 2 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 January 2016.
    6. 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (3409) Abramov". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved April 2016.
    7. 1 2 "3409 Abramov (1977 RE6)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved April 2016.
    8. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved April 2016.

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