1856 Růžena, provisional designation 1969 TW1, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6.6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 8 October 1969, by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchny, on the Crimean peninsula.[4] The asteroid was named after Růžena Petrovicova, staff member at Kleť Observatory.[2]
Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | L. Chernykh |
Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
Discovery date | 8 October 1969 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (1856) Růžena |
Named after | Růžena Petrovicova (Kleť Observatory)[2] |
Alternative designations | 1969 TW1 · 1941 FP 1971 DL1 |
Minor planet category | main-belt · (inner) |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 47.47 yr (17,339 days) |
Aphelion | 2.4146 AU |
Perihelion | 2.0586 AU |
Semi-major axis | 2.2366 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0796 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 3.34 yr (1,222 days) |
Mean anomaly | 251.86° |
Mean motion | 0° 17m 40.92s / day |
Inclination | 4.7421° |
Longitude of ascending node | 185.88° |
Argument of perihelion | 56.000° |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 6.620±0.252 km[3] |
Geometric albedo | 0.335±0.033[3] |
Spectral type | SMASS = S[1] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.8[1] |
Růžena orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.1–2.4 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,222 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.08 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The asteroid was first identified as 1941 FP at the Finnish Iso-Heikkilä Observatory. The body's observation arc, however, starts with its official discovery observation at Nauchnyj in 1969.[4]
Růžena is bright S-type asteroid in the SMASS classification.[1]
According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Růžena measures 6.62 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.335.[3] As of 2016, the body's rotation period and shape remain unknown.[1][5]
This asteroid was named in honor of Růžena Petrovicova, observer of comets and minor planets and staff member of the Kleť Observatory, located in what is now the Czech Republic.[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 June 1975 (M.P.C. 3825).[6]
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