Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | L. Chernykh |
Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
Discovery date | 1 April 1970 |
Designations | |
(1957) Angara | |
Named after |
Angara River (Siberian river) [2] |
1970 GF · 1962 WG1 1969 AA | |
main-belt · Eos [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 ( JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 60.58 yr (22,126 days) |
Aphelion | 3.1828 AU |
Perihelion | 2.8338 AU |
3.0083 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0580 |
5.22 yr (1,906 days) | |
345.36 ° | |
0° 11m 20.04s / day | |
Inclination | 11.191° |
50.702° | |
209.03° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 17.907±0.108 km
[4] 18.189±0.229 km [5] 18.38 km (derived) [3] 21.44±0.70 km [6] 30.41±0.58 km [7] |
3.67 h [8] | |
0.055±0.006
[7] 0.111±0.008 [6] 0.14 (assumed) [3] 0.1438±0.0310 [5] | |
S
[3]
[8] B–V = 0.900 [1] U–B = 0.380 [1] | |
11.16±0.34 [9] · 11.36 [1] [6] [7] · 11.43 [3] [5] [8] | |
1957 Angara ( prov. designation: 1970 GF) is a stony Eos asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers (11 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 April 1970, by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, and named after the Siberian Angara River. [2] [10]
Angara is a member of the Eos family, well known for mostly being of a silicaceous composition. It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.8–3.2 AU once every 5 years and 3 months (1,906 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.06 and an inclination of 11 ° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] A first precovery was taken at Goethe Link Observatory in 1956, extending the body's observation arc by 14 years prior to its official discovery observation at Nauchnyj. [10]
This minor planet was named for the over 1000-mile long Siberian Angara River that drains Lake Baikal. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 30 June 1977 ( M.P.C. 4190). [11]
In December 1983, a rotational lightcurve of Angara was obtained from photometric observations by American astronomer Richard Binzel. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-define rotation period of 3.67 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.52 magnitude, indicative of a non-spheroidal shape ( U=3). [8] Binzel also classified the body as a stony S-type asteroid. [8]
According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Angara measures between 17.907 and 30.41 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.055 and 0.1438. [4] [5] [6] [7] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony Eoan asteroids of 0.14 – taken from the family's largest member and namesake, 221 Eos – and derives a diameter of 18.38 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 11.43. [3]