753 Tiflis is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It was discovered 30 April 1913 by the Georgian–Russian astronomer Grigory N. Neujmin at Simeiz Observatory and was named after Georgia's capital city Tiflis (now called Tbilisi). The object is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.33 AU with a period of 3.55 years and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.22. The orbital plane is inclined by an angle of 10.1° to the plane of the ecliptic.[2] In 1991, Ruth F. Wolfe included it as a member of the proposed Tiflis asteroid family.[3]
.png) A three-dimensional model of 753 Tiflis based on its light curve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | G. N. Neujmin |
| Discovery site | Simeis |
| Discovery date | 30 April 1913 |
| Designations | |
| (753) Tiflis | |
| Pronunciation | /tɪfˈliːs/[1] |
| 1913 RM | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 108.44 yr (39,609 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.8436 AU (425.40 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.8143 AU (271.42 Gm) |
| 2.3289 AU (348.40 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.22097 |
| 3.55 yr (1,298.2 d) | |
| 346.851° | |
| 0° 16m 38.316s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.089° |
| 61.355° | |
| 202.953° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 11.795±0.9 km | |
| 9.85 h (0.410 d) | |
| 0.2616±0.046 | |
| 10.21 | |
This is classed as an S-type asteroid in the Tholen taxonomy.[4] It spans a girth of approximately 23.6 km and rotates on its axis every 9.85 hours.[2]
References
edit- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
"Tiflis". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 22 March 2020. - ^ a b c "753 Tiflis (1913 RM)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Wolfe, R. F. (1991), "New Families of Asteroids", Abstracts for the International Conference on Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991. Held June 24–28, 1991, in Flagstaff, AZ, Lunar and Planetary Institute, p. 242, Bibcode:1991LPICo.765..242W.
- ^ Belskaya, I. N.; et al. (March 2017), "Refining the asteroid taxonomy by polarimetric observations", Icarus, 284: 30–42, Bibcode:2017Icar..284...30B, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.11.003, hdl:11336/63617.
External links
edit- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets
- 753 Tiflis at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 753 Tiflis at the JPL Small-Body Database
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