![]() Shape model of Chebotarev from its
lightcurve | |
Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | T. Smirnova |
Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
Discovery date | 6 April 1967 |
Designations | |
(1804) Chebotarev | |
Named after | G. A. Chebotarev (astronomer) [2] |
1967 GG · 1938 QL 1942 RL · 1968 QK | |
main-belt · ( inner) [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 ( JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 78.05 yr (28,506 days) |
Aphelion | 2.4628 AU |
Perihelion | 2.3584 AU |
2.4106 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0217 |
3.74 yr (1,367 days) | |
96.780 ° | |
0° 15m 47.88s / day | |
Inclination | 3.6316° |
325.72° | |
305.47° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 9.15±1.12 km
[4] 10.79 km (calculated) [3] |
4.026±0.002 h [5] | |
0.20 (assumed)
[3] 0.501±0.289 [4] | |
S [3] | |
11.56 [4] · 12.2 [1] [3] · 12.25±0.45 [6] | |
1804 Chebotarev ( prov. designation: 1967 GG) is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 6 April 1967, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on the Crimean peninsula. [7] The asteroid was named after Soviet astronomer G. A. Chebotarev. [2]
The stony S-type asteroid orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.4–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,367 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.02 and an inclination of 4 ° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] Chebotarev was first identified as 1938 QL at Yerkes Observatory in 1938, extending the body's observation arc by 29 years prior to its official discovery observation. [7]
In February 2004, a rotational lightcurve of Chebotarev was obtained from photometric observations by French amateur astronomer Laurent Bernasconi. It gave a well-defined rotation period of 4.026 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.41 magnitude ( U=3). [5]
According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Chebotarev measures 9.15 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has a high albedo of 0.501, [4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 10.79 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.2. [3]
This minor planet was named in honor of G. A. Chebotarev (1913–1975), who was a professor and the director of the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy as well as president of IAU's Commission 20, (Positions & Motions of Minor Planets, Comets & Satellites). He is known for his work on celestial mechanics of asteroids, comets and satellites. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 January 1974 ( M.P.C. 3569). [8]