1062 Ljuba
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky[1] |
| Discovery date | 11 October 1925[1] |
| Designations | |
| 1925 TD[1] | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 32544 days (89.10 yr) |
| Aphelion | 3.21362 AU (480.751 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.8047495 AU (419.58455 Gm) |
| 3.00918 AU (450.167 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0679370 |
| 5.22 yr (1906.7 d) | |
| 66.770149° | |
| 0.18881254°/day | |
| Inclination | 5.6020955° |
| 341.4617243° | |
| 102.238113° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.82721 AU (273.347 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.94047 AU (290.290 Gm) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 55 km[2] |
Mean radius | 27.55 ± 1 km |
| 33.8 h (1.41 d)[2] | |
| 0.0668 ± 0.005 | |
| 9.85[2] | |
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1062 Ljuba is a main-belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Initially it received the designation 1925 TD. It was later named after the lady-parachutist Ljuba Berlin.[1] It has a diameter of 55 km.[2]
Photometric observations during 2003 showed a lengthy synodic rotation period of 33.8 ± 0.2 hours with a brightness variation of 0.17 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Schmadel, Lutz (1992). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 1 (5th ed.). Berlin: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 2014-01-01.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1062 Ljuba". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ↑ Cooney, Walter R., Jr. (March 2005), "Lightcurve results for minor planets 228 Agathe, 297 Caecilia, 744 Aguntina 1062 Ljuba, 1605 Milankovitch, and 3125 Hay", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 32 (1): 15–16, Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...15C.
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