Discovered by G. Shajn MPC designation 1709 Ukraina Minor planet category main-belt · (inner) Discovered 16 August 1925 Discoverer Grigory Shajn Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 16 August 1925 Alternative names 1925 QA · 1936 QH Observation arc 90.83 yr (33,174 days) Orbits Sun Discovery site Simeiz Observatory | |
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Named after Ukraine (former Soviet state) Similar Sun, Solar System, Asteroid belt, 3 Juno | ||
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/Russian astronomer Grigory Shajn at Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula.
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–2.9 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,340 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.21 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the ecliptic.
The S-type body has an albedo of about 0.2 and a rotation period of 7.3 hours.
It was named after the country Ukraine, then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1922–1991). The name was proposed by the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Leningrad, what is now St. Petersburg. Naming citation was published before November 1977 (M.P.C. 2740).