58097 Alimov

58097 Alimov
Discovery [1]
Discovered byT. Smirnova
Discovery siteCrimean Astrophysical Obs.
Discovery date26 October 1976
Designations
(58097) Alimov
Named after
Alexandr Alimov
(Russian ecologist)[2]
1976 UQ1 · 1976 WO
2001 TE43
main-belt · (middle) [3]
background
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc39.71 yr (14,505 days)
Aphelion3.2371 AU
Perihelion1.8969 AU
2.5670 AU
Eccentricity0.2610
4.11 yr (1,502 days)
328.57°
0° 14m 22.56s / day
Inclination12.925°
34.267°
11.288°
Physical characteristics
3.67 km (calculated)[3]
3.910±0.040 km[4]
4.009±0.047 km[5]
78.1729±0.3152 h[6]
0.136±0.026[5]
0.1524±0.0237[4]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
S (assumed)[3]
14.093±0.001 (R)[6] · 14.2[1] · 14.54[3] · 14.7[4]

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.[7] It was later named after Russian ecologist Alexandr Alimov.[2]

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