Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | T. Smirnova |
Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
Discovery date | 26 October 1976 |
Designations | |
(58097) Alimov | |
Named after | Alexandr Alimov (Russian ecologist) [2] |
1976 UQ1 · 1976 WO 2001 TE43 | |
main-belt · (
middle)
[3] background | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 ( JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 39.71 yr (14,505 days) |
Aphelion | 3.2371 AU |
Perihelion | 1.8969 AU |
2.5670 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2610 |
4.11 yr (1,502 days) | |
328.57 ° | |
0° 14m 22.56s / day | |
Inclination | 12.925° |
34.267° | |
11.288° | |
Physical characteristics | |
3.67 km (calculated)
[3] 3.910±0.040 km [4] 4.009±0.047 km [5] | |
78.1729±0.3152 h [6] | |
0.136±0.026
[5] 0.1524±0.0237 [4] 0.20 (assumed) [3] | |
S (assumed) [3] | |
14.093±0.001 (R) [6] · 14.2 [1] · 14.54 [3] · 14.7 [4] | |
58097 Alimov ( provisional designation 1976 UQ1) is a background asteroid and relatively slow rotator from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter.
The asteroid was discovered on 26 October 1976, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula. [7] It was later named after Russian ecologist Alexandr Alimov. [2]
Alimov is a non- family from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 1.9–3.2 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,502 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 13 ° with respect to the ecliptic. [1]
The asteroid's observation arc begins just 4 days prior to its official discovery observation, with a precovery taken at the Japanese Kiso Observatory on 22 October 1976. [7]
In October 2013, a rotational lightcurve of Alimov was obtained from photometric observations made by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. It gave a relatively long rotation period of 78.1729 hours with a brightness variation of 0.26 magnitude ( U=2). [6]
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Alimov measures 3.9 and 4.0 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.136 and 0.152, respectively. [4] [5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 3.7 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 14.54. [3]
This minor planet was named after Russian ecologist Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov (born 1933), president of the Hydrobiological Society and founder of the Russian School of Functional Ecology. [2]
Alimov is known for his theoretical and experimental work on aquatic ecosystems and for the study on the prevention of ecological crisis. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 March 2004 ( M.P.C. 51190). [8] (Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov should not be confused with Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov, who worked at Chernobyl during the nuclear accident).
Discovery [1] | |
---|---|
Discovered by | T. Smirnova |
Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
Discovery date | 26 October 1976 |
Designations | |
(58097) Alimov | |
Named after | Alexandr Alimov (Russian ecologist) [2] |
1976 UQ1 · 1976 WO 2001 TE43 | |
main-belt · (
middle)
[3] background | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 ( JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 39.71 yr (14,505 days) |
Aphelion | 3.2371 AU |
Perihelion | 1.8969 AU |
2.5670 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2610 |
4.11 yr (1,502 days) | |
328.57 ° | |
0° 14m 22.56s / day | |
Inclination | 12.925° |
34.267° | |
11.288° | |
Physical characteristics | |
3.67 km (calculated)
[3] 3.910±0.040 km [4] 4.009±0.047 km [5] | |
78.1729±0.3152 h [6] | |
0.136±0.026
[5] 0.1524±0.0237 [4] 0.20 (assumed) [3] | |
S (assumed) [3] | |
14.093±0.001 (R) [6] · 14.2 [1] · 14.54 [3] · 14.7 [4] | |
58097 Alimov ( provisional designation 1976 UQ1) is a background asteroid and relatively slow rotator from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter.
The asteroid was discovered on 26 October 1976, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula. [7] It was later named after Russian ecologist Alexandr Alimov. [2]
Alimov is a non- family from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 1.9–3.2 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,502 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 13 ° with respect to the ecliptic. [1]
The asteroid's observation arc begins just 4 days prior to its official discovery observation, with a precovery taken at the Japanese Kiso Observatory on 22 October 1976. [7]
In October 2013, a rotational lightcurve of Alimov was obtained from photometric observations made by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. It gave a relatively long rotation period of 78.1729 hours with a brightness variation of 0.26 magnitude ( U=2). [6]
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Alimov measures 3.9 and 4.0 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.136 and 0.152, respectively. [4] [5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 3.7 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 14.54. [3]
This minor planet was named after Russian ecologist Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov (born 1933), president of the Hydrobiological Society and founder of the Russian School of Functional Ecology. [2]
Alimov is known for his theoretical and experimental work on aquatic ecosystems and for the study on the prevention of ecological crisis. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 March 2004 ( M.P.C. 51190). [8] (Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov should not be confused with Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov, who worked at Chernobyl during the nuclear accident).