(2127) Tanya
Asteroid (2127) Tanya |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Outer main belt |
Major semi-axis | 3.213 AU |
eccentricity | 0.032 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 3.109 AU - 3.317 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.090 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 106.425 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 183.996 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | 3rd December 2017 |
Sidereal period | 5.76 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 37.736 (± 0.197) km |
Albedo | 0.048 (± 0.007) |
Rotation period | 7,864 |
Absolute brightness | 11.0 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernych |
Date of discovery | May 29, 1971 |
Another name | 1971 KB 1 ; 1953 GH 1 |
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. |
(2127) Tanya ( 1971 KB 1 ; 1953 GH 1 ) is an asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on May 29, 1971 by Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernych at the Crimean Observatory .
designation
The asteroid was named after Tatyana Nikolaevna Sawitschewa (1930-1944), who died as a student during the Leningrad blockade . In her diary she described the deaths of her parents and older relatives.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Tanya: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2127) Tanya in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 172 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 6, 2016] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “Named in memory of Tanya Savicheva, a 12-year-old schoolgirl who perished during the 1941–1944 blockade of Leningrad ”