14789 GAISH

{{Short description|Asteroid discovered in 1969}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}

{{Infobox planet

| minorplanet = yes

| name = 14789 GAISh

| background = #D6D6D6

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| discovery_ref =

| discoverer = L. Chernykh

| discovery_site = {{nowrap|Crimean Astrophysical Obs.}}

| discovered = 8 October 1969

| mpc_name = (14789) GAISH

| alt_names = {{mp|1969 TY|1}}{{·}}{{mp|1995 KQ|2}}
{{mp|1996 QW|2}}{{·}}{{mp|1999 CH|69}}

| pronounced =

| named_after = Sternberg Astronomical Institute (GAISh)
{{small|(Moscow State University)}}

| mp_category = main-belt{{·}}{{small|(outer)}}
background

| orbit_ref =

| epoch = 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)

| uncertainty = 0

| observation_arc = 47.65 yr (17,405 d)

| aphelion = 3.4121 AU

| perihelion = 2.8333 AU

| semimajor = 3.1227 AU

| eccentricity = 0.0927

| period = 5.52 yr (2,016 d)

| mean_anomaly = 301.75°

| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.1786|sup=ms}} / day

| inclination = 5.8175°

| asc_node = 200.22°

| arg_peri = 161.64°

| mean_diameter = {{val|11.42|u=km}} {{small|(calculated)}}
{{val|15.256|0.211|ul=km}}

| rotation = {{val|8.086|0.0032|ul=h}}

| albedo = {{val|0.057}} {{small|(assumed)}}
{{val|0.076|0.017}}

| spectral_type = C {{small|(assumed)}}

| abs_magnitude = 12.5
12.8
{{val|12.990|0.008}} {{small|(R)}}
13.44

}}

14789 GAISh, provisional designation {{mp|1969 TY|1}}, is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=off|sigfig=1|sp=us}} in diameter. It was discovered on 8 October 1969, by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory at Nauchnij, on the Crimean peninsula. The assumed C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 8.1 hours and possibly an elongated shape. It was named for the Russian Sternberg Astronomical Institute (GAISh) of Moscow State University.

Orbit and classification

GAISh is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the outer asteroid belt at a distance of 2.8–3.4 AU once every 5 years and 6 months (2,016 days; semi-major axis of 3.12 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation in October 1969.

Physical characteristics

GAISh is an assumed carbonaceous C-type asteroid.

= Rotation period =

In October 2010, a rotational lightcurve of GAISh was obtained from photometric observations in the R-band by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 8.086 hours with a high brightness amplitude of 0.82 magnitude, indicative of a non-spherical shape ({{small|U=2}}).

= Diameter and albedo =

According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, GAISh measures 15.256 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.076. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for a carbonaceous asteroid of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 11.42 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.44.

Naming

This minor planet was named after the Sternberg Astronomical Institute (GAISh, ГАИШ), a division of Moscow State University. Founded in 1931, it is one of Russia's leading astronomical institute and a principal educational facility for professional astronomers. The institute is located on the site of the 1931-built Sternberg Observatory. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 January 2007 ({{small|M.P.C. 58595}}).

References

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|url = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2014789

|publisher = Jet Propulsion Laboratory

|access-date = 14 May 2018}}

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|work = Minor Planet Center

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|access-date = 14 May 2018}}

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{{cite web

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|publisher = Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)

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|access-date = 14 May 2018}}

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