2011 Veteraniya

2011 Veteraniya
Discovery[1]
Discovered byT. Smirnova
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date30 August 1970
Designations
(2011) Veteraniya
Named after
veterans
(Soviet veterans of WWII)[2]
1970 QB1 · 1955 RE
1955 SN1 · 1959 UA
main-belt · Vestian[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc67.05 yr (24,490 days)
Aphelion2.7415 AU
Perihelion2.0326 AU
2.3870 AU
Eccentricity0.1485
3.69 yr (1,347 days)
282.05°
0° 16m 1.92s / day
Inclination6.1789°
338.52°
3.7456°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.193±0.646 km[4][5]
7.46 km (calculated)[3]
8.209±0.005 h[a]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
0.463±0.100[4][5]
V[6] · S[3]
12.9[4] · 13.0[1][3] · 13.55±0.23[6]

2011 Veteraniya, provisional designation 1970 QB1, is a stony Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 August 1970, by Soviet astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula, and named for the Soviet veterans of the Second World War.[2][7]

Classification and orbit

Veteraniya is a member of the Vesta family. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,347 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The first precovery was taken at Palomar Observatory in 1950, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 20 years prior to its discovery.[7]

Physical characteristics

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) and Pan-STARRS' large-scale survey classify it as a S-type and V-type asteroid, respectively.[3][6]

According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid's surface has an exceptionally high albedo of 0.46 and a corresponding diameter of 5.2 kilometers,[4] while CALL assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20. CALL therefore calculates a larger diameter of 7.8 kilometers, as the lower the albedo (reflectivity), the higher the body's diameter at a constant absolute magnitude (brightness).[3]

A photometric lightcurve analysis by Japanese astronomer Sunao Hasegawa in 2004 has given a rotation period of 8.209±0.005 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.30 in magnitude.[a]

Naming

This minor planet was named in honor of the Soviet veterans of the Great Patriotic War.[2] (The term is used in Russia to describe the conflict fought between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front of World War II during 1941–1945.) The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 September 1978 (M.P.C. 4481).[8]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Hasegawa (2012) web: rotation period 8.209±0.005 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.30 mag. Summary figures at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) for (2011) Veteraniya

References

  1. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2011 Veteraniya (1970 QB1)" (2017-05-05 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(2011) Veteraniya". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2011) Veteraniya. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 163. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2012. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "LCDB Data for (2011) Veteraniya". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; Tholen, D.; et al. (November 2011). "NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 25. arXiv:1109.6407. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  5. ^ a b Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Dailey, J.; et al. (November 2011). "Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 20. arXiv:1109.4096. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...68M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  6. ^ a b c Veres, Peter; Jedicke, Robert; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Denneau, Larry; Granvik, Mikael; Bolin, Bryce; et al. (November 2015). "Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results". Icarus. 261: 34–47. arXiv:1506.00762. Bibcode:2015Icar..261...34V. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  7. ^ a b "2011 Veteraniya (1970 QB1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  8. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2009). "Appendix – Publication Dates of the MPCs". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition (2006–2008). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 221. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-01965-4. ISBN 978-3-642-01964-7.