2006 Polonskaya

Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=2006 Polonskaya
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=N. S. Chernykh
discovered=22 September, 1973
designations = yes
alt_names=
mp_category=Main belt
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=February 04, 2008 (JD 2454500.5)
semimajor=347.830 Gm (2.325 AU)
perihelion=280.622 Gm (1.876 AU)
aphelion=415.038 Gm (2.774 AU)
eccentricity=0.193
period=1294.973 d (3.55 a)
inclination=4.918°
asc_node=1.107°
arg_perihelion=24.213°
mean_anomaly=241.079°
avg_speed=19.35 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=10 km
mass=?e|? kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
sidereal_day=? d
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=12.6
albedo=0.10
single_temperature=~183 K

2006 Polonskoya is main belt asteroid. It was discovered on 22 September, 1973 by N. S. Chernykh and named after Elene Ivanovna Kazimirchak-Polonskaya, a Russian astronomer. Polonskaya's diameter is approximately 10 km.

In 2005, it was claimed that lightcurve observations indicate that Polonskaya has a small moon about 3 km in diameter. The moon's existence has not yet been confirmed.

External links

* [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/astmoons/am-02006.html Johnston's Archive: (2006) Polonskya]