1791 Patsayev
Shape model of Patsayev from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | T. Smirnova |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
| Discovery date | 4 September 1967 |
| Designations | |
| (1791) Patsayev | |
Named after | Viktor Patsayev (cosmonaut) |
| 1967 RE · 1931 TW3 1943 GS · 1943 GZ 1948 JO · 1948 KA 1957 JG · 1957 KS 1958 RC | |
| main-belt · (middle) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 84.79 yr (30,970 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.1351 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3603 AU |
| 2.7477 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1410 |
| 4.55 yr (1,664 days) | |
| 48.980° | |
| 0° 12m 59.04s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.3689° |
| 198.89° | |
| 74.431° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 25.69 km (derived) 29.394±0.114 km 29.446±0.287 km 31.50±0.37 km |
| 19.809±0.013 h | |
| 0.030±0.004 0.034±0.006 0.0390±0.0076 0.0465 (derived) | |
| C | |
| 11.8 · 11.9 | |
1791 Patsayev (prov. designation: 1967 RE) is a dark background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 26 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 September 1967, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula. The asteroid was named after cosmonaut Viktor Patsayev.