1600 Vyssotsky
Shape model of Vyssotsky from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. A. Wirtanen |
| Discovery site | Lick Obs. |
| Discovery date | 22 October 1947 |
| Designations | |
| (1600) Vyssotsky | |
Named after | Alexander Vyssotsky (astronomer) |
| 1947 UC | |
| main-belt · Hungaria | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 69.62 yr (25,427 days) |
| Aphelion | 1.9183 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7793 AU |
| 1.8488 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0376 |
| 2.51 yr (918 days) | |
| 199.42° | |
| 0° 23m 31.56s / day | |
| Inclination | 21.173° |
| 60.602° | |
| 50.543° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 6.29±0.89 km 7.00 km (calculated) 7.41±0.06 km 7.413±0.057 km 7.50±0.50 km |
| 3.2±0.01 h 3.201±0.001 h 3.201±0.005 h 3.2011±0.0004 h 3.20116±0.00004 h 3.20124±0.00004 h 3.201264±0.00001 h 3.20144±0.00002 h 3.204±0.003 h 3.205±0.003 h 3.205±0.005 h | |
| 0.3 (assumed) 0.321±0.059 0.46±0.23 0.506±0.187 0.547±0.076 | |
| SMASS = A · A | |
| 11.90 · 12.50 · 12.7 | |
1600 Vyssotsky, provisional designation 1947 UC, is a rare-type Hungaria asteroid and suspected interloper from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 October 1947, by American astronomer Carl Wirtanen at Lick Observatory in California, United States. It was named after astronomer Alexander Vyssotsky.