(2127) Tanya

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Asteroid
(2127) Tanya
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
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(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.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 ”