1140 Crimea
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A three-dimensional model of 1140 Crimea based on its light curve
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| Discovery [1] | |
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| Discovered by | G. Neujmin |
| Discovery site | Simeiz Observatory |
| Discovery date | 30 December 1929 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1140 Crimea |
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Named after
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Crimea[2] |
| 1929 YC · A922 HA | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 80.56 yr (29,424 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.0851 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.4574 AU |
| 2.7712 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1132 |
| 4.61 yr (1685.0 days) | |
| 253.16° | |
| Inclination | 14.135° |
| 72.151° | |
| 310.38° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.4881 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 27.8 km |
| 9.77 h | |
| 0.1772 | |
| B–V = 0.916 S (Tholen), S (SMASS) |
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| 10.28 | |
1140 Crimea, provisionally designated 1929 YC, is a stony main-belt asteroid, approximately 28 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Grigory Neujmin at the Crimean Simeiz Observatory on December 30, 1929. The S-type asteroid with a high geometric albedo of 0.18 completes one rotation every 9.8 hours and revolves around the Sun once every 4.61 years.[1]
It is named after the Crimean Peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea, where the discovering observatory is located.[2]
References
External links
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 1140 Crimea at the JPL Small-Body Database
- The Centaur Research Project, 3D orbit for minor planet 1140 Crimea
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