58097 Alimov

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58097 Alimov
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by T. Smirnova
Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date26 October 1976
Designations
(58097) Alimov
Named after
Alexandr Alimov
(Russian ecologist) [2]
1976 UQ1 ·1976 WO
2001 TE43
main-belt  ·(middle)  [3]
background
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 39.71 yr (14,505 days)
Aphelion 3.2371 AU
Perihelion 1.8969 AU
2.5670 AU
Eccentricity 0.2610
4.11 yr (1,502 days)
328.57°
0° 14m 22.56s / day
Inclination 12.925°
34.267°
11.288°
Physical characteristics
3.67 km (calculated) [3]
3.910±0.040 km [4]
4.009±0.047 km [5]
78.1729±0.3152  h [6]
0.136±0.026 [5]
0.1524±0.0237 [4]
0.20 (assumed) [3]
S (assumed) [3]
14.093±0.001(R) [6]  ·14.2 [1]  ·14.54 [3]  ·14.7 [4]

    58097 Alimov (provisional designation 1976 UQ1) is a background asteroid and relatively slow rotator from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter.

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    The asteroid was discovered on 26 October 1976, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula. [7] It was later named after Russian ecologist Alexandr Alimov. [2]

    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. [1]

    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. [7]

    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 78.1729 hours with a brightness variation of 0.26 magnitude ( U=2 ). [6]

    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. [4] [5] 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. [3]

    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. [2]

    Alimov is known for his theoretical and experimental work on aquatic ecosystems and for the study on the prevention of ecological crisis. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 March 2004 ( M.P.C. 51190). [8] (Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov should not be confused with Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov, who worked at Chernobyl during the nuclear accident).

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