1062 Ljuba

1062 Ljuba
Discovery[1]
Discovered byS. Belyavskyj
Discovery siteSimeiz Obs.
Discovery date11 October 1925
Designations
(1062) Ljuba
Named after
Ljuba Berlin[2]
(Soviet parachutist)
1925 TD · 1943 EH1
1976 MM · A904 TB
A914 SD · A917 GB
A924 ND
main-belt[1][3] · (outer)[4]
background[5]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc91.55 yr (33,437 d)
Aphelion3.2145 AU
Perihelion2.7948 AU
3.0046 AU
Eccentricity0.0698
5.21 yr (1,902 d)
218.82°
0° 11m 21.12s / day
Inclination5.5963°
341.40°
101.41°
Physical characteristics
51.017±0.887 km[6]
55.10±2.0 km[7]
55.75±0.96 km[8]
57.16±13.41 km[9]
58.031±1.315 km[10]
60.80±14.17 km[11]
33.8±0.2 h[12]
36 h (poor)[13]
41.5±0.2 h[14]
42 h (poor)[14]
0.060±0.007[10]
0.06±0.06[11]
0.0668±0.005[7]
0.067±0.003[8]
0.0779±0.0156[6]
0.12±0.06[9]
C (Tholen)[4]
B–V = 0.720[3]
9.85[3][4][6][7][8][9][13]
10.09[11]

1062 Ljuba, provisional designation 1925 TD, is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 58 kilometers (36 miles) in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 11 October 1925, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Sergey Belyavsky at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula.[1] It was named after female paratrooper Ljuba Berlin, who died at an early age.[2] The C-type asteroid has a longer-than average rotation period of 33.8 hours.[4]

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