1709 Ukraina
Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Ukraina | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | G. Shajn |
| Discovery site | Simeiz Obs. |
| Discovery date | 16 August 1925 |
| Designations | |
| (1709) Ukraina | |
Named after | Ukraine (former Soviet state) |
| 1925 QA · 1936 QH | |
| main-belt · (inner) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 91.69 yr (33,488 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8870 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8702 AU |
| 2.3786 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2137 |
| 3.67 yr (1,340 days) | |
| 22.534° | |
| 0° 16m 7.32s / day | |
| Inclination | 7.5550° |
| 300.07° | |
| 42.615° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 8.15 km (derived) 9.444±1.398 km 10.79±0.22 km |
| 7.28 h 7.300±0.003 h 7.30517±0.00005 h | |
| 0.123±0.006 0.196±0.033 0.20 (assumed) | |
| S B–V = 0.990 | |
| 12.51 · 12.62±0.64 · 12.75 · 12.81 | |
1709 Ukraina, provisional designation 1925 QA, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 16 August 1925, by Soviet astronomer Grigory Shajn at Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. It was named in honor of Ukraine.