1004 Belopolskya
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | S. Belyavskyj |
| Discovery site | Simeiz Obs. |
| Discovery date | 5 September 1923 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1004 Belopolskya |
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Named after
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Aristarkh Belopolsky (astrophysicist) |
| 1923 OS · 1936 WB 1937 YB · 1938 AA 1963 DC · 1974 WK 2004 SU12 · A917 TA |
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| main-belt · (outer) · Cybele | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 92.89 yr (33,928 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.6994 AU |
| Perihelion | 3.1054 AU |
| 3.4024 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0873 |
| 6.28 yr (2,292 days) | |
| 322.58° | |
| 0° 9m 25.2s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.9787° |
| 153.54° | |
| 215.17° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
71.60±2.1 km (IRAS:9) 79.83±1.33 km |
| 9.44±0.01 h | |
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0.028±0.001 0.0348±0.002 (IRAS:9) |
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B–V = 0.720 U–B = 0.120 Tholen = PC · PC |
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| 9.99 · 10.02±0.29 | |
1004 Belopolskya, provisional designation 1923 OS, is a dark Cybele asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 75 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 5 September 1923, by Russian astronomer Sergey Belyavsky at Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. Eight nights later, the body was independently discovered by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg in Germany. It is named for Russian astrophysicist Aristarkh Belopolsky.
Belopolskya orbits the Sun at a distance of 3.1–3.7 AU once every 6 years and 3 months (2,292 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. With these orbital parameters, it belongs to the Cybele asteroids, a collisional family named after one of the largest asteroids, 65 Cybele. It was first identified as A917 TA at Simeiz in 1917. The body's observation arc begins with the above mentioned Heidelberg-observation following its official discovery.
According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS and the Japanese Akari satellite, Belopolskya measures 71.60 and 79.83 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo of 0.0348 and 0.028, respectively. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts the results obtained by IRAS. It is classified as a PF-type asteroid in the Tholen taxonomy, a subtype of the dark and reddish P-type asteroids. A few dozens of these bodies are known, most of them are Jupiter trojans or reside in the outermost main-belt.
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