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3409 Abramov
Discovery [1]
Discovered byN. Chernykh
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date9 September 1977
Designations
(3409) Abramov
Named after
Fyodor Abramov
(Russian writer)[2]
1977 RE6 · 1929 UP
1929 VD · 1948 TW1
1958 VU · 1972 TF5
1979 BS1 · 1980 GF1
1982 VY5 · 1985 GD1
main-belt · Koronis[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc87.42 yr (31,930 days)
Aphelion3.0914 AU
Perihelion2.6174 AU
2.8544 AU
Eccentricity0.0830
4.82 yr (1,761 days)
92.335°
0° 12m 15.84s / day
Inclination1.4019°
211.41°
168.58°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions10.765±0.168 km[4][5]
10.80 km (calculated)[3]
11.402±1.938[a]
7.791±0.002 h[6]
9.0±0.4 h[7]
0.236±0.044[a]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
0.242±0.060[4][5]
S[3]
12.0[1][3][4][a]

3409 Abramov, provisional designation 1977 RE6, is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 September 1977, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on the Crimean peninsula.[8] The asteroid was named after Russian writer Fyodor Abramov.[2]

Orbit and classification

The S-type asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group consisting of about 200 known stony bodies with nearly ecliptical orbits. It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.6–3.1 AU once every 4 years and 10 months (1,761 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.08 and an inclination of 1° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The first precovery was obtained at Lowell Observatory in 1929, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 48 years prior to its discovery.[8]

Physical characteristics

Lightcurves

In 2008, a photometric lightcurve analysis at the Universidad de Monterry Observatory, Mexico, gave a well-defined rotation period of 7.791±0.002 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.50 in magnitude (U=3),[6] while an observation by astronomer René Roy rendered a tentative period of 9.0±0.4 hours (U=2).[7]

Diameter and albedo

According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of the NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid has an albedo of 0.24 with a corresponding diameter of 10.8 kilometers.[4][5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link and others closely agree with these findings.[3][a]

Naming

This minor planet was named in memory of Russian novelist and literary critic Fyodor Abramov (1920–1983), whose work focused on the difficult lives of the Russian peasant class.[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 September 1993 (M.P.C. 22498).[9]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Ryan (2015): mean diameter of 11.402±1.938 and an albedo of 0.236±0.044. Summary figures for (3409) Abramov at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3409 Abramov (1977 RE6)" (2017-03-29 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(3409) Abramov". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3409) Abramov. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 284. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3409. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (3409) Abramov". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  4. ^ 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 27 April 2016.
  5. ^ a b c Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Dailey, J.; et al. (November 2011). "Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 20. arXiv:1109.4096. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...68M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  6. ^ a b Sada, Pedro V. (September 2008). "CCD Photometry of Six Asteroids from the Universidad de Monterry Observatory". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 35 (3): 105–107. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..105S. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (3409) Abramov". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  8. ^ a b "3409 Abramov (1977 RE6)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  9. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 April 2016.