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2127 Tanya
Discovery [1]
Discovered byL. Chernykh
Discovery siteCrAO (Nauchnyj)
Discovery date29 May 1971
Designations
2127 Tanya
Named after
Tanya Savicheva[2]
1971 KB1 · 1953 GH1
main-belt (outer)
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc62.93 yr (22984 days)
Aphelion3.3204 AU (496.72 Gm)
Perihelion3.1108 AU (465.37 Gm)
3.2156 AU (481.05 Gm)
Eccentricity0.032590
5.77 yr (2106.2 d)
243.57°
0° 10m 15.348s / day
Inclination13.093°
106.50°
182.34°
Earth MOID2.09278 AU (313.075 Gm)
Jupiter MOID1.82509 AU (273.030 Gm)
TJupiter3.149
Physical characteristics
Dimensions39.3 km
19.64 ± 0.75 km
7.8640±0.0211 h[3]
0.0601 ± 0.005
C (assumed)[4]
11.0

2127 Tanya, provisional designation 1971 KB1, is a dark asteroid in the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 39 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on 29 May 1971.[5] The assumed carbonaceous C-type asteroid has a low geometric albedo of 0.06. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 3.1–3.3 AU once every 5 years and 9 months (2,105 days).[1]

Light curve measurements from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey, gave a rotation period of 7.8640±0.0211 hours with an amplitude of 0.18 in magnitude.[3]

Lyudmila Chernykh named her discovery in memory of the young Russian girl Tanya Savicheva, who died after the Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944) and wrote a well-known diary.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2127 Tanya (1971 KB1)" (2015-05-19 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2127) Tanya. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 172. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ a b 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 October 2015. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. ^ "LCDB Data for (2127) Tanya". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved October 2015. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ "2127 Tanya (1971 KB1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved October 2015. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)