1859 Kovalevskaya
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. V. Zhuravleva |
| Discovery site | CrAO – Nauchnyj |
| Discovery date | 4 September 1972 |
| Designations | |
| 1859 Kovalevskaya | |
Named after | Sofia Kovalevskaya (mathematician)[2] |
| 1972 RS2 · 1932 RD 1941 BQ · 1942 HH 1949 PU · 1949 QW 1950 TM4 · 1953 EK1 1966 PC1 · A915 TK | |
| main-belt (outer)[1][3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 100.54 yr (36,722 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.5344 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.8908 AU |
| 3.2126 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1002 |
| 5.76 yr (2,103 days) | |
| 330.25° | |
| 0° 10m 16.32s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.7034° |
| 343.32° | |
| 244.92° | |
| TJupiter | 3.169 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 46.02±1.6 km (IRAS:14)[1] 48.798±0.424 km[4] 34.40 km (calculated)[3] |
| 11.1084±0.0066 h[5] | |
| 0.0694±0.005 (IRAS:14)[1] 0.0427±0.0077[4] 0.057 (assumed)[3] | |
| C [3] | |
| 10.6[4] 10.7[1] 11.05[3] 11.1084±0.0066 (R)[5] | |
1859 Kovalevskaya, provisional designation 1972 RS2, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 40 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 September 1972, by Russian–Ukrainian astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.[6]
The dark C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.9–3.5 AU once every 5 years and 9 months (2,103 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the plane of the ecliptic.[1] The first precovery was taken at Heidelberg Observatory in 1915, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 57 years prior to its discovery.[6]
In September 2013, photometric measurements at the U.S. Palomar Transient Factory, California, rendered a rotational light-curve with a period of 11.1084±0.0066 hours and a brightness variation of 0.13 in magnitude (U=2).[5] According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid measures 46.0 and 48.8 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a low albedo of 0.069 and 0.043, respectively.[1][4] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for carbonaceous asteroids of 0.057 and calculates a smaller diameter of 34.4 kilometers, based on a weaker absolute magnitude of 11.05.[3]
The asteroid was named after the first major Russian female mathematician, Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850–1891), who has made important contributions to partial differential equations and rigid body motion (also see Kovalevskaya top). The lunar carter Kovalevskaya is also named after her.[2] Naming citation was published before November 1977 (M.P.C. 3826).[7] From 1972 to 1992, the discoverer of this asteroid, Lyudmila Zhuravleva, has made more than 200 minor planets discoveries, and ranks 61st on the Minor Planet Center discoverer chart.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1859 Kovalevskaya (1972 RS2)" (2016-04-16 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1859) Kovalevskaya. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 149. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (1859) Kovalevskaya". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ a b c d 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 18 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Waszczak, Adam; Chang, Chan-Kao; Ofek, Eran O.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Levitan, David; et al. (September 2015). "Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry". The Astronomical Journal. 150 (3): 35. arXiv:1504.04041. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...75W. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ a b "1859 Kovalevskaya (1972 RS2)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers (by number)". Minor Planet Center. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 1859 Kovalevskaya at the JPL Small-Body Database
