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787 Moskva

Main-belt asteroid


Main-belt asteroid

FieldValue
minorplanetyes
image787Moskva (Lightcurve Inversion).png
captionA three-dimensional model of 787 Moskva based on its light curve
background#D6D6D6
name787 Moskva
mpc_name(787) Moskva
alt_names1914 UQ
pronounced
discovererG. N. Neujmin
discovered20 April 1914
discovery_siteSimeis
epoch31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
eccentricity0.12996
semimajor2.5390 AU
perihelion2.2090 AU
aphelion2.8690 AU
period4.05 yr (1477.7 d)
inclination14.852°
asc_node183.890°
arg_peri126.135°
mean_anomaly18.5642°
rotation6.056 h
mean_motion/ day
orbit_ref
observation_arc100.47 yr (36695 d)
uncertainty0
abs_magnitude9.7
albedo
mean_radiuskm

787 Moskva is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is a dynamic member of the Maria asteroid family orbiting near the 3:1 Kirkwood gap. This is an S-type (stony) asteroid spanning 27 km. The surface mineralogy is consistent with mesosiderite silicates.

Object 1914 UQ, discovered 20 April 1914 by Grigory Neujmin, was named 787 Moskva, after the capital of Russia, Moscow (and retains that name to this day). Object 1934 FD discovered on 19 March 1934 by C. Jackson was given the sequence number 1317. In 1938, G. N. Neujmin found that asteroid 1317 and 787 Moskva were, in fact, the same object. Sequence number 1317 was later reused for the object 1935 RC discovered on 1 September 1935 by Karl Reinmuth; that object is now known as 1317 Silvretta.

Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1999 were used to build a light curve for this object. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 6.056 ± 0.001 hours and a brightness variation of 0.62 ± 0.01 in magnitude.

References

References

  1. Noah Webster (1884) ''A Practical Dictionary of the English Language''
  2. "787 Moskva (1914 UQ)". [[NASA]]/[[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]].
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