6537 Adamovich

6537 Adamovich
Discovery [1]
Discovered by N. Chernykh
Discovery site CrAO - Nauchnyj
Discovery date 19 August 1979
Designations
MPC designation 6537 Adamovich
Named after
 Aleksandr Adamovich
(writer)[2]
1979 QK6 · 1985 JQ
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 36.50 yr (13,331 days)
Aphelion 2.6068 AU
Perihelion 1.7502 AU
2.1785 AU
Eccentricity 0.1965
3.22 yr (1,174 days)
184.15°
0° 18m 23.4s / day
Inclination 4.0265°
120.12°
200.53°
Earth MOID 0.7374 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 4.253±0.227 km[4]
4.50 km (calculated)[3]
2.4±0.1 h[5]
0.1697±0.0290[4]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
S [3]
13.9[1][3]
13.81±0.14 (R)[5]
13.12±1.33[6]
14.4[4]

    6537 Adamovich, provisional designation 1979 QK6, is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 4.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 19 August 1979, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.[7]

    The S-type asteroid is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.7–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,174 days). Its orbit is tilted by 4° to the plane of the ecliptic and shows an eccentricity of 0.20.[1]

    A fragmentary rotational light-curve was obtained from photometric observation made at the Palomar Transient Factory in California in February 2013. It showed a provisional rotation period of 2.4±0.1 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.13 in magnitude (U=1).[5]

    According to the surveys carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid measures 4.3 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.17,[4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora, the largest member and namesake of its orbital family – and calculates a diameter of 4.5 kilometers.[3]

    The minor planet was named in memory of Byelorussian–Russian Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Adamovich (1927–1994), publicist, literary scholar and talented writer, known for his civic responsibility.[2] Naming citation was published on 4 May 1999 (M.P.C. 34624).[8]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 6537 Adamovich (1979 QK6)" (2016-02-24 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6537) Adamovich. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 540. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (6537) Adamovich". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 29 April 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 4 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:1109.6407Freely accessible. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
    5. 1 2 3 Chang, Chan-Kao; Ip, Wing-Huen; Lin, Hsing-Wen; Cheng, Yu-Chi; Ngeow, Chow-Choong; Yang, Ting-Chang; et al. (June 2014). "313 New Asteroid Rotation Periods from Palomar Transient Factory Observations". The Astrophysical Journal. 788 (1): 21. arXiv:1405.1144Freely accessible. Bibcode:2014ApJ...788...17C. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/17. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
    6. ↑ 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:1506.00762Freely accessible. Bibcode:2015Icar..261...34V. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
    7. ↑ "6537 Adamovich (1979 QK6)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
    8. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

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