781 Kartvelia
781 Kartvelia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered by Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin on January 25, 1914. It was named after the nation of Georgia.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | G. N. Neujmin |
| Discovery site | Simeis |
| Discovery date | 25 January 1914 |
| Designations | |
| (781) Kartvelia | |
| Pronunciation | /kɑːrtˈviːliə/[1] |
| 1914 UF | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 89.79 yr (32797 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.5930 AU (537.51 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.8462 AU (425.79 Gm) |
| 3.2196 AU (481.65 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.11598 |
| 5.78 yr (2110.1 d) | |
| 62.363° | |
| 0° 10m 14.196s / day | |
| Inclination | 19.149° |
| 138.109° | |
| 156.132° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.83971 AU (275.217 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.73687 AU (259.832 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.092 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 33.01±2.8 km |
| 19.04 h (0.793 d) | |
| 0.0704±0.014 | |
| 9.5 | |
This object is the namesake of a family of 49–232 asteroids that share similar spectral properties and orbital elements; hence they may have arisen from the same collisional event. All members have a relatively high orbital inclination.[3]
References
- "Kartvelian". Lexico UK Dictionary. Oxford University Press.
- Yeomans, Donald K., "781 Kartvelia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
- Novaković, Bojan; et al. (November 2011), "Families among high-inclination asteroids", Icarus, 216 (1), pp. 69–81, arXiv:1108.3740, Bibcode:2011Icar..216...69N, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.016.
External links
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
- 781 Kartvelia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 781 Kartvelia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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