1791 Patsayev
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1791 Patsayev (prov. designation: 1967 RE) is a dark background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 26 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 September 1967, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.[8] The asteroid was named after cosmonaut Viktor Patsayev.[2]
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | T. Smirnova |
Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
Discovery date | 4 September 1967 |
Designations | |
(1791) Patsayev | |
Named after | Viktor Patsayev (cosmonaut)[2] |
1967 RE · 1931 TW3 1943 GS · 1943 GZ 1948 JO · 1948 KA 1957 JG · 1957 KS 1958 RC | |
main-belt · (middle) | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 84.79 yr (30,970 days) |
Aphelion | 3.1351 AU |
Perihelion | 2.3603 AU |
2.7477 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1410 |
4.55 yr (1,664 days) | |
48.980° | |
0° 12m 59.04s / day | |
Inclination | 5.3689° |
198.89° | |
74.431° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 25.69 km (derived)[3] 29.394±0.114 km[4] 29.446±0.287 km[5] 31.50±0.37 km[6] |
19.809±0.013 h[7] | |
0.030±0.004[5] 0.034±0.006[6] 0.0390±0.0076[4] 0.0465 (derived)[3] | |
C[3] | |
11.8[4][6] · 11.9[1][3] | |
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