2006 Polonskaya

2006 Polonskaya
Discovery[1]
Discovered byN. Chernykh
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date22 September 1973
Designations
(2006) Polonskaya
Named after
Elena Polonskaïa
(Russian astronomer)[2]
1973 SB3 · 1941 SD
1948 QH · 1966 VC
main-belt · Flora[3]
Orbital characteristics[4]
Epoch 17 December 2020 (JD 2459200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc70.93 yr (25,909 d)
Aphelion2.7721 AU
Perihelion1.8777 AU
2.3249 AU
Eccentricity0.1923
3.55 yr (1,295 d)
107.39°
0° 16m 40.8s / day
Inclination4.9106°
0.8717°
24.849°
Known satellites1[5][6][7]
Physical characteristics
4.625±0.163 km[8][9]
4.804 km[5][10]
Mean density
1.6 g/cm3 (est.)[6]
3.1183 h[11]
0.3498[10]
0.354±0.096[8][9]
S (family-based)[5]
13.08[1][4]
Satellite
Discovery[6][7]
Discovered byD. Pray, P. Pravec, P. Kušnirák, W. Cooney, J. Gross, and D. Terrell
Discovery date1 November 2005
Light curve
Orbital characteristics
8.5 km
0.7979±0.0008 d
(19 hours, 9 ± 1 minutes)
13 mas (maximum)
Satellite of2006 Polonskaya
Physical characteristics
0.99 km
Volume0.5 km3 (est.)
6.6571±0.0002 h
<3.3 fainter than primary
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2006 Polonskaya (provisional designation: 1973 SB3) is a stony Flora asteroid and asynchronous binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 22 September 1973, by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, on the Crimean peninsula, and later named after Ukrainian astronomer Elena Kazimirtchak-Polonskaïa.[1][2] Its one-kilometer-sized satellite was discovered by an international collaboration of astronomers in November 2005.[6][7]

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