769 Tatjana

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769 Tatjana
Discovery
Discovered by G. N. Neujmin
Discovery site Simeiz Observatory
Discovery date6 October 1913
Designations
(769) Tatjana
1913 TA
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 101.12 yr (36933 d)
Aphelion 3.7589  AU (562.32  Gm)
Perihelion 2.5813 AU (386.16 Gm)
3.1701 AU (474.24 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.18574
5.64 yr (2061.6 d)
90.8697°
0° 10m 28.632s / day
Inclination 7.3689°
38.487°
253.943°
Physical characteristics
53.22±1.3 km [1]
53.135 ± 2.01 km [2]
Mass (6.31 ± 0.64) × 1018 kg [2]
Mean density
10.03 ± 1.52 g/cm3 [2]
35.08  h (1.462  d)
0.0429±0.002
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    769 Tatjana is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. The body was named such after Tatiana Larina, protagonist of Alexander Pushkin's poem "Eugene Onegin". [3] It's possible that the name was suggested by the provisional designation of the asteroid, 1913 TA, but unlike bodies named by Wolf, Knopff and Metcalf in the years 1905–1909, there's no naming pattern to support this.

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    References

    1. 1 2 "769 Tatjana (1913 TA)". JPL Small-Body Database . NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory . Retrieved 5 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 3 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, vol. 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv: 1203.4336 , Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
    3. Schmadel, Lutz D. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. — Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. — B., Heidelberg, N. Y.: Springer, 2003. — P. 73. — ISBN   3-540-00238-3.