14789 GAISH

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14789 GAISh
Discovery [1]
Discovered by L. Chernykh
Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date8 October 1969
Designations
(14789) GAISH
Named after
 Sternberg Astronomical Institute (GAISh) [1]
(Moscow State University)
1969 TY1 ·1995 KQ2
1996 QW2 ·1999 CH69
main-belt [1] [2]  ·(outer) [3]
background [4]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 47.65 yr (17,405 d)
Aphelion 3.4121 AU
Perihelion 2.8333 AU
3.1227 AU
Eccentricity 0.0927
5.52 yr (2,016 d)
301.75°
0° 10m 42.96s / day
Inclination 5.8175°
200.22°
161.64°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
11.42 km(calculated) [3]
15.256±0.211  km [5] [6]
8.086±0.0032  h [7]
0.057(assumed) [3]
0.076±0.017 [5] [6]
C (assumed) [3]
12.5 [6]
12.8 [2]
12.990±0.008(R) [7]
13.44 [3]

    14789 GAISh, provisional designation 1969 TY1, is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers (9 miles) 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. [1] The assumed C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 8.1 hours and possibly an elongated shape. [3] It was named for the Russian Sternberg Astronomical Institute (GAISh) of Moscow State University. [1]

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    Orbit and classification

    GAISh is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. [4] 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. [2] The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation in October 1969. [1]

    Physical characteristics

    GAISh is an assumed carbonaceous C-type asteroid. [3]

    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 ( U=2 ). [3] [7]

    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. [5] [6] 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. [3]

    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. [1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 January 2007 ( M.P.C. 58595). [8]

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