| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. Zhuravleva |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
| Discovery date | 14 July 1972 |
| Designations | |
| (2423) Ibarruri | |
Named after | Rubén Ibárruri (Hero of the Soviet Union) [2] |
| 1972 NC ·1930 SV 1943 TB ·1956 VC 1972 PB | |
| Mars-crosser [3] [4] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 60.59 yr (22,129 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8068 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.5702 AU |
| 2.1885 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2825 |
| 3.24 yr (1,183 days) | |
| 315.42° | |
| Inclination | 4.0571° |
| 264.96° | |
| 80.645° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 4.899±1.085 [5] 6.50 km (calculated) [3] |
| 73.08±0.10 h [6] 139.79±0.04 h [a] 139.9±0.2 h [7] 139.92±0.01 h [8] | |
| 0.20 (assumed) [3] 0.330±0.167 [5] | |
| SMASS = A [1] [9] L [10] · S [11] · C [3] | |
| 13.3 [1] ·13.44±1.15 [10] ·13.20 [11] ·13.3 [3] | |
2423 Ibarruri, provisional designation 1972 NC, is an eccentric, tumbling and rare-type asteroid, classified as slow rotator and sizable Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter.
The asteroid was discovered by Russian–Ukrainian astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on 14 July 1972. [4] It was named after Spanish communist Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri. [2]
Ibarruri orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.6–2.8 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,183 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.28 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic. [1]
The spectral type of the asteroid is that of a rare A-type in the SMASS taxonomy, with its surface consisting of almost pure olivine, which gives the body a very reddish color. As of November 2015, only 17 minor planets of this type are known. [12]
As a spectroscopic A-type asteroid, it belongs to the larger group of bodies with a silicaceous composition. However, the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link classifies the asteroid into the carbonaceous group, despite the fact that is assumes a relatively high geometric albedo of 0.20, [3] which is rather typical for stony asteroids.
Ibarruri has a notably slow rotation period of 140 hours, [a] [7] and seems to be in a non-principal axis rotation (NPAR), colloquially called as "tumbling". [13]
This minor planet was named after Rubén Ruiz Ibárruri (1920–1942), son of Spanish communist leader Dolores Ibárruri and a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. He enlisted in the Soviet army and died in the early stage of the Battle of Stalingrad in September 1942. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 8 February 1982 ( M.P.C. 6649). [14]
