23436 Alekfursenko
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. V. Zhuravleva |
| Discovery site | CrAO (Nauchnyj) |
| Discovery date | 21 October 1982 |
| Designations | |
| 23436 Alekfursenko | |
Named after | Aleksandr Fursenko (historian)[2] |
| 1982 UF8 · 1982 VU6 1982 VZ10 · 1987 QP2 1999 XD167 | |
| main-belt · (outer) [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 33.09 yr (12,085 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.7792 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.5359 AU |
| 3.1575 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1968 |
| 5.61 yr (2,049 days) | |
| 300.30° | |
| Inclination | 3.7699° |
| 309.77° | |
| 87.238° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 7.96 km (calculated)[3] |
| 3.6277±0.0004 h[4] | |
| 0.057 (assumed)[3] | |
| C [3] | |
| 13.8[1] | |
23436 Alekfursenko, provisional designation 1982 UF8, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 October 1982, by Russian–Ukrainian female astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.[5]
The dark C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.5–3.8 AU once every 5 years and 7 months (2,049 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.20 and is tilted by 4 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 3.6 hours[4] and an albedo of 0.06, assumed by the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL).[3]
The minor planet was named in honour of Russian historian Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Fursenko (1927–2008), member of the Russian academy of science and expert in the fields of U.S. history, international relations, and Russian foreign economic policy.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 23436 Alekfursenko (1982 UF8)" (2015-11-22 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved December 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (23436) Alekfursenko. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 1067. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved December 2015.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b c d e "LCDB Data for (23436) Alekfursenko". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved December 2015.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ 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 December 2015.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ^ "23436 Alekfursenko (1982 UF8)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 2015.
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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 (20001)-(25000) – Minor Planet Center
- 23436 Alekfursenko at the JPL Small-Body Database
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