Belopolskya (
minor planet designation
A formal minor-planet designation is, in its final form, a number–name combination given to a minor planet (asteroid, centaur, trans-Neptunian object and dwarf planet but not comet). Such designation always features a leading number (catalog or ...
: 1004 Belopolskya), provisional designation , is a dark Cybele
asteroid
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from the outermost region of the
asteroid belt
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, approximately in diameter. It was named for Russian astrophysicist
Aristarkh Belopolsky
Aristarkh Apollonovich Belopolsky (Аристарх Аполлонович Белопольский) (, Moscow – 16 May 1934, Pulkovo, Leningrad) was a Russian astronomer. He was born in Moscow but his father's ancestors are from a Serbian ...
.
Discovery
''Belopolskya'' was discovered on 5 September 1923, by Russian astronomer
Sergey Belyavsky
Sergey Ivanovich Belyavsky (russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Беля́вский; December 7, 1883 (Julian calendar: November 25) – October 13, 1953) was a Soviet/Russian astronomer and a discoverer of 36 numbered minor planets ...
at
Simeiz Observatory
Simeiz Observatory (also spelled Simeis or Simeïs) was an astronomy research observatory until the mid-1950s. It is located on Mount Koshka, Crimea, , by the town of Simeiz.
Part of the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, it is currently used f ...
on the Crimean peninsula.
Eight nights later, the body was independently discovered by
Karl Reinmuth
Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (4 April 1892 in Heidelberg – 6 May 1979 in Heidelberg) was a German astronomer and a prolific discoverer of 395 minor planets.
Scientific career
From 1912 to 1957, Reinmuth was working as an astronomer at the Lande ...
at
Heidelberg
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in Germany.
It was first identified as at Simeiz in 1917. The body's
observation arc
In observational astronomy, the observation arc (or arc length) of a Solar System body is the time period between its earliest and latest observations, used for tracing the body's path. It is usually given in days or years. The term is mostly use ...
begins with the above-mentioned Heidelberg-observation following its official discovery.
Classification and orbit
''Belopolskya'' orbits the Sun at a distance of 3.1–3.7
AU once every 6 years and 3 months (2,292 days). Its orbit has an
eccentricity
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of 0.09 and an
inclination
Orbital inclination measures the tilt of an object's orbit around a celestial body. It is expressed as the angle between a Plane of reference, reference plane and the orbital plane or Axis of rotation, axis of direction of the orbiting object ...
of 3
° with respect to the
ecliptic
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.
With these orbital parameters, it belongs to the
Cybele asteroid
The Cybele asteroids (also known as the "Cybeles") are a dynamical group of asteroids, named after the asteroid 65 Cybele. Considered by some as the last outpost of an extended asteroid belt, the group consists of just over 2000 members and ...
s, a dynamical group named after one of the largest asteroids,
65 Cybele
Cybele, minor planet designation 65 Cybele, is one of the List of notable asteroids#Largest by diameter, largest asteroids in the Solar System. It is located in the outer asteroid belt. It is thought to be a remnant primordial body. It gives its ...
.
Physical characteristics
''Belopolskya'' is classified as a PF-type asteroid in the
Tholen
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The municipality consists of two peninsu ...
taxonomy, a subtype of the dark and reddish
P-type asteroids. A few dozens of these bodies are known, most of them are Jupiter trojans or reside in the outermost main-belt.
Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite
IRAS
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and the Japanese
Akari
Akari (ASTRO-F) was an infrared astronomy
Infrared astronomy is a sub-discipline of astronomy which specializes in the observation and analysis of astronomical objects using infrared (IR) radiation. The wavelength of infrared light ranges f ...
satellite, ''Belopolskya'' measures 71.60 and 79.83 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an
albedo
Albedo (; ) is the measure of the diffuse reflection of sunlight, solar radiation out of the total solar radiation and measured on a scale from 0, corresponding to a black body that absorbs all incident radiation, to 1, corresponding to a body ...
of 0.0348 and 0.028, respectively.
The ''Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link'' adopts the shorter diameter obtained by IRAS.
Rotation period
A rotational
lightcurve
In astronomy, a light curve is a graph of light intensity of a celestial object or region as a function of time, typically with the magnitude of light received on the y axis and with time on the x axis. The light is usually in a particular frequ ...
of ''Belopolskya'', obtained by Italian amateur astronomer
Silvano Casulli
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Vincenzo Silvano Casulli, usually known as Silvano Casulli (25 August 1944 – 24 July 2018 in July 2010, gave a
rotation period
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of 9.44 hours with a brightness variation of 0.14
magnitude
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().
No other lightcurves have been obtained.
Naming
This
minor planet
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was named in honor of
Aristarkh Belopolsky
Aristarkh Apollonovich Belopolsky (Аристарх Аполлонович Белопольский) (, Moscow – 16 May 1934, Pulkovo, Leningrad) was a Russian astronomer. He was born in Moscow but his father's ancestors are from a Serbian ...
(1854–1934), astrophysicist at
Pulkovo Observatory
The Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory (russian: Пулковская астрономическая обсерватория, Pulkovskaya astronomicheskaya observatoriya), officially named the Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academ ...
, the principal astronomical observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which is located south of Saint Petersburg in Russia. Belopolsky is also honored by the lunar crater ''
Belopol'skiy''.
Naming citation was first mentioned in ''
The Names of the Minor Planets
Paul Herget (January 30, 1908 – August 27, 1981) was an American astronomer and director of the Cincinnati Observatory, who established the Minor Planet Center after World War II.
Career
Herget taught astronomy at the University of Cincinna ...
'' by
Paul Herget
Paul Herget (January 30, 1908 – August 27, 1981) was an American astronomer and director of the Cincinnati Observatory, who established the Minor Planet Center after World War II.
Career
Herget taught astronomy at the University of Cincinna ...
in 1955 ().
References
External links
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB) query form
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Dictionary of Minor Planet Names Google books
– Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
– Minor Planet Center
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