1590 Tsiolkovskaja

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1590 Tsiolkovskaja
Synodic rotation period
6.7 h[9]
6.7299±0.0005 h[10]
6.731±0.002 h[11]
6.737±0.004 h[12]
0.2095±0.018[8]
0.2096 (derived)[3]
0.232±0.012[7]
0.291±0.036[1][5]
0.3260±0.0601[6]
0.419±0.050[4]
S[3]
11.29±0.27[13] · 11.60[4] · 11.7[1][3][6][7][8]

1590 Tsiolkovskaja, provisional designation 1933 NA, is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 1 July 1933, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin at Simeiz Observatory, on the Crimean peninsula.[14] It was named for rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.[2]

Classification and orbit

Tsiolkovskaja is a member of the

Heidelberg Observatory in 1907, extending the body's observation arc by 26 years prior to its discovery observation.[14]

Physical characteristics

Several rotational

NEOWISE, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives a moderate albedo of 0.23.[3][4][6][7][8]

Naming

This

M.P.C. 2116).[15] The lunar crater Tsiolkovskiy is also named after him.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1590 Tsiolkovskaja (1933 NA)" (2016-08-29 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3
    .
  3. ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (1590) Tsiolkovskaja". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8
    . Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  5. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121
    . Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  6. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90
    . Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  7. ^
    doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. (online, AcuA catalog p. 153
    )
  8. ^
    Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T
    . Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  9. ^
    Bibcode:1978A&AS...31..361L
    . Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  10. ^
    doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219199
    . Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  11. ^
    ISSN 1052-8091
    . Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  12. ^
    ISSN 1052-8091
    . Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  13. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007
    . Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  14. ^ a b "1590 Tsiolkovskaja (1933 NA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  15. ISBN 978-3-642-01964-7
    .

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