1671 Chaika

1671 Chaika
Discovery[1]
Discovered byG. Neujmin
Discovery siteSimeiz Obs.
Discovery date3 October 1934
Designations
(1671) Chaika
Named after
Valentina Tereshkova[2]
(Soviet cosmonaut)
1934 TD · 1930 WE
1952 BX · 1955 XA
1963 SO · 1971 RC
A907 GM
main-belt[1][3] · (middle)
background[4] · Astraea[5]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc87.90 yr (32,107 d)
Aphelion3.2516 AU
Perihelion1.9223 AU
2.5870 AU
Eccentricity0.2569
4.16 yr (1,520 d)
80.231°
0° 14m 12.84s / day
Inclination3.9660°
177.17°
250.27°
Physical characteristics
7.478±0.728 km[6]
9.37±0.46 km[7]
10.222±0.048 km[8]
13.29±1.71 km[9]
3.7718±0.0002 h[10]
0.120[6]
0.145[9]
0.2463[8]
0.291[7]
S (assumed)[11]
12.1[1][3][6][7][8][9][11]

1671 Chaika, provisional designation 1934 TD, is a background asteroid from the Astraea region in the central asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers (6 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 3 October 1934, by Soviet astronomer Grigory Neujmin at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula.[1] The assumed S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 3.8 hours.[11] It was named for Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova.[2]

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