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58097 Alimov (provisional designation 1976 UQ₁) is a background asteroid and relatively slow rotator from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter.

The asteroid was discovered on 26 October 1976, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula. It was later named after Russian ecologist Alexandr Alimov.

Orbit and classification

Alimov is a non-family from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 1.9–3.2 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,502 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 13° with respect to the ecliptic.

The asteroid's observation arc begins just 4 days prior to its official discovery observation, with a precovery taken at the Japanese Kiso Observatory on 22 October 1976.

Physical characteristics

Lightcurves

In October 2013, a rotational lightcurve of Alimov was obtained from photometric observations made by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. It gave a relatively long rotation period of 78.1729 hours with a brightness variation of 0.26 magnitude (U=2).

Diameter and albedo

According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Alimov measures 3.9 and 4.0 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.136 and 0.152, respectively. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 3.7 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 14.54.

Naming

This minor planet was named after Russian ecologist Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov (born 1933), president of the Hydrobiological Society and founder of the Russian School of Functional Ecology.

Alimov is known for his theoretical and experimental work on aquatic ecosystems and for the study on the prevention of ecological crisis. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 March 2004 (M.P.C. 51190). (Alexandr Fyodorovich Alimov should not be confused with Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov, who worked at Chernobyl during the nuclear accident).

References

1. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 58097 Alimov (1976 UQ1)" (2016-07-09 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(58097) Alimov [2.57, 0.26, 12.9]". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (58097) Alimov, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 221. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_2625. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5.
3. ^ "LCDB Data for (58097) Alimov". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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:1109.6407. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
5. ^ Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Dailey, J.; et al. (November 2011). "Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 20. arXiv:1109.4096. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...68M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
6. ^ Waszczak, Adam; Chang, Chan-Kao; Ofek, Eran O.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Levitan, David; et al. (September 2015). "Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry". The Astronomical Journal. 150 (3): 35. arXiv:1504.04041. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...75W. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
7. ^ "58097 Alimov (1976 UQ1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
8. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

External links

• Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
• Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
• Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
• Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (55001)-(60000) – Minor Planet Center
• 58097 Alimov at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 58097 Alimov at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

• Minor planet object articles (numbered)
• Background asteroids
• Discoveries by Tamara Mikhaylovna Smirnova
• Named minor planets
• Astronomical objects discovered in 1976