58097 Alimov
{{Short description|Main-belt asteroid}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox planet
| minorplanet = yes
| name = 58097 Alimov
| background = #D6D6D6
| image =
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| discovered = 26 October 1976
| discoverer = T. Smirnova
| discovery_site = {{nowrap|Crimean Astrophysical Obs.}}
| mpc_name = (58097) Alimov
| alt_names = {{mp|1976 UQ|1}}{{·}}1976 WO
{{mp|2001 TE|43}}
| named_after = Alexandr Alimov
{{small|(Russian ecologist)}}
| mp_category = main-belt{{·}}{{small|(middle)}}
background
| epoch = 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
| uncertainty = 0
| observation_arc = 39.71 yr (14,505 days)
| aphelion = 3.2371 AU
| perihelion = 1.8969 AU
| semimajor = 2.5670 AU
| eccentricity = 0.2610
| period = 4.11 yr (1,502 days)
| mean_anomaly = 328.57°
| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.2396|sup=ms}} / day
| inclination = 12.925°
| asc_node = 34.267°
| arg_peri = 11.288°
| mean_diameter = 3.67 km {{small|(calculated)}}
{{val|3.910|0.040}} km
{{val|4.009|0.047}} km
| rotation = {{val|78.1729|0.3152|ul=h}}
| albedo = {{val|0.136|0.026}}
{{val|0.1524|0.0237}}
0.20 {{small|(assumed)}}
| spectral_type = S {{small|(assumed)}}
| abs_magnitude = {{val|14.093|0.001}} {{small|(R)}}{{·}}14.2{{·}}14.54{{·}}14.7
}}
58097 Alimov (provisional designation {{mp|1976 UQ|1}}) is a background asteroid and relatively slow rotator from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter.
The asteroid was discovered on 26 October 1976, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula. It was later named after Russian ecologist Alexandr Alimov.
Orbit and classification
Alimov is a non-family from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 1.9–3.2 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,502 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 13° with respect to the ecliptic.
The asteroid's observation arc begins just 4 days prior to its official discovery observation, with a precovery taken at the Japanese Kiso Observatory on 22 October 1976.
Physical characteristics
= Lightcurves =
In October 2013, a rotational lightcurve of Alimov was obtained from photometric observations made by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. It gave a relatively long rotation period of {{val|78.1729}} hours with a brightness variation of 0.26 magnitude ({{small|U=2}}).
= Diameter and albedo =
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Alimov measures 3.9 and 4.0 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.136 and 0.152, respectively. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 3.7 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 14.54.
Naming
This minor planet was named after Russian ecologist Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov (born 1933), president of the Hydrobiological Society and founder of the Russian School of Functional Ecology.
Alimov is known for his theoretical and experimental work on aquatic ecosystems and for the study on the prevention of ecological crisis. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 March 2004 ({{small|M.P.C. 51190}}). (Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov should not be confused with Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov, who worked at Chernobyl during the nuclear accident).
References
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|type = 2016-07-09 last obs.
|title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 58097 Alimov (1976 UQ1)
|url = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2058097
|publisher = Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|access-date = 28 June 2017}}
|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (58097) Alimov, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005
|last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
|publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
|page = 221
|date = 2006
|isbn = 978-3-540-34361-5
|doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_2625 |chapter = (58097) Alimov [2.57, 0.26, 12.9] }}
|title = 58097 Alimov (1976 UQ1)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=58097
|access-date = 6 November 2016}}
|title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
|access-date = 6 November 2016}}
|display-authors = 6
|first1 = Joseph R. |last1 = Masiero
|first2 = A. K. |last2 = Mainzer
|first3 = T. |last3 = Grav
|first4 = J. M. |last4 = Bauer
|first5 = R. M. |last5 = Cutri
|first6 = J. |last6 = Dailey
|first7 = P. R. M. |last7 = Eisenhardt
|first8 = R. S. |last8 = McMillan
|first9 = T. B. |last9 = Spahr
|first10 = M. F. |last10 = Skrutskie
|first11 = D. |last11 = Tholen
|first12 = R. G. |last12 = Walker
|first13 = E. L. |last13 = Wright
|first14 = E. |last14 = DeBaun
|first15 = D. |last15 = Elsbury
|first16 = T. IV |last16 = Gautier
|first17 = S. |last17 = Gomillion
|first18 = A. |last18 = Wilkins
|date = November 2011
|title = Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters
|url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2011ApJ...741...68M
|journal = The Astrophysical Journal
|volume = 741
|issue = 2
|page = 20
|bibcode = 2011ApJ...741...68M
|doi = 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68
|arxiv = 1109.4096
|access-date= 6 November 2016}}
|title = LCDB Data for (58097) Alimov
|publisher = Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
|url = http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=58097%7CAlimov
|access-date = 6 November 2016}}
|display-authors = 6
|first1 = A. |last1 = Mainzer
|first2 = T. |last2 = Grav
|first3 = J. |last3 = Masiero
|first4 = E. |last4 = Hand
|first5 = J. |last5 = Bauer
|first6 = D. |last6 = Tholen
|first7 = R. S. |last7 = McMillan
|first8 = T. |last8 = Spahr
|first9 = R. M. |last9 = Cutri
|first10 = E. |last10 = Wright
|first11 = J. |last11 = Watkins
|first12 = W. |last12 = Mo
|first13 = C. |last13 = Maleszewski
|date = November 2011
|title = NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results
|url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2011ApJ...741...90M
|journal = The Astrophysical Journal
|volume = 741
|issue = 2
|page = 25
|bibcode = 2011ApJ...741...90M
|doi = 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90
|arxiv = 1109.6407
|access-date= 12 May 2016}}
|display-authors = 6
|first1 = Adam |last1 = Waszczak
|first2 = Chan-Kao |last2 = Chang
|first3 = Eran O. |last3 = Ofek
|first4 = Russ |last4 = Laher
|first5 = Frank |last5 = Masci
|first6 = David |last6 = Levitan
|first7 = Jason |last7 = Surace
|first8 = Yu-Chi |last8 = Cheng
|first9 = Wing-Huen |last9 = Ip
|first10 = Daisuke |last10 = Kinoshita
|first11 = George |last11 = Helou
|first12 = Thomas A. |last12 = Prince
|first13 = Shrinivas |last13 = Kulkarni
|date = September 2015
|title = Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry
|url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2015AJ....150...75W
|journal = The Astronomical Journal
|volume = 150
|issue = 3
|page = 35
|bibcode = 2015AJ....150...75W
|doi = 10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75
|arxiv = 1504.04041
|access-date= 6 November 2016}}
}}
External links
- [http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/lcdbsummaryquery.php Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)], query form ([http://www.minorplanet.info/lightcurvedatabase.html info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216050541/http://www.minorplanet.info/lightcurvedatabase.html |date=16 December 2017 }})
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=aeAg1X7afOoC&pg Dictionary of Minor Planet Names], Google books
- [http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR] – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- [https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs055001.html Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (55001)-(60000)] – Minor Planet Center
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