6537 Adamovich
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| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | N. Chernykh |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
| Discovery date | 19 August 1979 |
| Designations | |
| (6537) Adamovich | |
Named after | Aleksandr Adamovich (Byelorussian writer)[2] |
| 1979 QK6 · 1985 JQ | |
| main-belt · Flora[3] | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 37.80 yr (13,805 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6055 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7518 AU |
| 2.1786 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1959 |
| 3.22 yr (1,175 days) | |
| 306.60° | |
| 0° 18m 23.4s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.0254° |
| 120.08° | |
| 200.65° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 3.22±0.50 km[4] 4.253±0.227 km[5][6] 4.50 km (calculated)[3] |
| 2.4±0.1 h[7] | |
| 0.170±0.029[5][6] 0.24 (assumed)[3] 0.50±0.18[4] | |
| S[3] | |
| 13.9[1][3][4] · 13.81±0.14 (R)[7] · 13.12±1.33[8] · 14.4[5] | |
6537 Adamovich, provisional designation 1979 QK6, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 19 August 1979, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.[9] The asteroid was later named after Byelorussian writer Aleksandr Adamovich.[2]
Adamovich is a S-type asteroid a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.8–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,175 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]
Physical characteristics
Lightcurve photometry
A fragmentary rotational lightcurve of Adamovich was obtained from photometric observation made at the Palomar Transient Factory in California in February 2013. It showed a provisional rotation period of 2.4±0.1 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.13 magnitude (U=1).[7]
Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Adamovich measures 3.22 and 4.3 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.17 and 0.50, respectively.[4][5][6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora, the largest member and namesake of its orbital family – and calculates a diameter of 4.5 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 13.9.[3]
