| 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 | 2.6055AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7518 AU |
| 2.1786 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1959 |
| 3.22yr (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±0.1h[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 designation1979 QK6, is a stony Florianasteroid from the inner regions of theasteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 19 August 1979, by Soviet–Russian astronomerNikolai Chernykh at theCrimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.[9] The asteroid was later named after Byelorussian writerAleksandr Adamovich.[2]
Adamovich is aS-type asteroid a member of theFlora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun in theinner main-belt at a distance of 1.8–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,175 days). Its orbit has aneccentricity of 0.20 and aninclination of 4° with respect to theecliptic.[1]
A fragmentary rotationallightcurve ofAdamovich was obtained from photometric observation made at thePalomar Transient Factory in California in February 2013. It showed a provisionalrotation period of2.4±0.1 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.13magnitude (U=1).[7]
According to the surveys carried out by theNEOWISE mission of NASA'sWide-field Infrared Survey Explorer,Adamovich measures 3.22 and 4.3 kilometers in diameter and its surface has analbedo of 0.17 and 0.50, respectively.[4][5][6] TheCollaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) assumes analbedo of 0.24 – derived from8 Flora, the largest member and namesake of its orbital family – and calculates a diameter of 4.5 kilometers with anabsolute magnitude of 13.9.[3]
Thisminor planet was named in memory ofByelorussian–Russian Aleksandr Mikhajlovich Adamovich (1927–1994), publicist, literary scholar and talented writer, known for his civic responsibility.[2] The official naming citation was published on 4 May 1999 (M.P.C.34624).[10]
