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]
.png) A three-dimensional model of 1140 Crimea based on its light curve | |
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | G. Neujmin |
| Discovery site | Simeiz Observatory |
| Discovery date | 30 December 1929 |
| Designations | |
| 1140 Crimea | |
Named after | Crimea[2] |
| 1929 YC · A922 HA | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 81.19 yr (29656 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.0856 AU (461.60 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.4581 AU (367.73 Gm) |
| 2.7718 AU (414.66 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.11320 |
| 4.61 yr (1685.6 d) | |
| 338.72° | |
| 0° 12m 48.888s / day | |
| Inclination | 14.134° |
| 72.143° | |
| 310.27° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.48713 AU (222.471 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.37023 AU (354.581 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.284 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.875±0.55 km | |
| 9.77 h (0.407 d) | |
| 0.1772±0.014 | |
| B–V = 0.916 S (Tholen), S (SMASS) | |
| 10.28 | |
It is named after the Crimean Peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea, where the discovering observatory is located.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1140 Crimea (1929 YC)" (2015-09-01 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1140) Crimea. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 96. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
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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