- 2173 Maresjev
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2173 Maresjev Discovery and designationDiscovered by L. V. Zhuravleva Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Observatory Discovery date August 22, 1974 DesignationsNamed after Alexey Maresyev Alternate name(s) 1974 QG1; 1933 FN; 1938 DD2; 1963 SW; 1968 OM; 1974 RZ1; 1974 TG Epoch January 4, 2010 Ap 3.5056494 Peri 2.7679568 Eccentricity 0.1175867 Orbital period period Mean anomaly 39.44163 Inclination 14.40858 Longitude of ascending node 174.81147 Argument of peri 162.48999 Absolute magnitude (H) 11.4 2173 Maresjev is a Main-belt asteroid that was discovered August 22, 1974 by L. V. Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory. Its diameter is 17 km.
It was named in honor of Alexej Petrovich Maresjev, the protagonist in the novel Story about a True Man (also translated as Story of a Real Man) by Boris Polevoi.[1] [2] The story, which was never substantiated as fact, was an immensely popular Russian book that was eventually made into an opera. It was first published in English in 1952, and was reprinted in 1970.
The asteroid was scheduled to occult a 9.5 magnitude star in the Taurus constellation November 27, 2008 for a period of 1.3 seconds. During the event, their combined light was to drop to 16.0 magnitude, which is the magnitude of the asteroid.[3]
Zhuravleva is ranked 43 in Harvard's ranking of those who discovered minor planets. She discovered 200 such bodies, 13 of which were co-discoveries, between 1972 and 1992.[4]
References
- ^ NASA JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 2173 Maresjev
- ^ Kaganovsky, Lilya. “How the Soviet Man Was (Un)Made,” Slavic Review, Vol. 63, No. 3. (Autumn, 2004), pp. 577-596.
- ^ http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/2008_11/1127_2173_14574_Summary.txt
- ^ Minor Planet Discoverers
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