Discovered by T. Smirnova MPC designation 1835 Gajdariya Discovered 30 July 1970 Discoverer Tamara Smirnova Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Discovery date 30 July 1970 Minor planet category main-belt · Koronis Orbits Sun Asteroid family Koronis family | |
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Named after Arkady Gaidar
(Russian writer) Alternative names 1970 OE · 1958 BH
1961 TJ · 1961 TQ1
1963 DB · 1971 UJ3
1973 EN Discovery site Crimean Astrophysical Observatory Similar Sun, 208 Lacrimosa, 277 Elvira, 9916 Kibirev, 532 Herculina | ||
1835 Gajdariya, provisional designation 1970 OE, is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 12.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 July 1970, by Russian astronomer Tamara Smirnova at Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.
The S-type asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, which is named after 158 Koronis and consists of about 300 known bodies with nearly ecliptical orbits. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.6–3.1 AU once every 4 years and 9 months (1,742 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 1° with respect to the ecliptic. Its spectra is that of an S-type asteroid with a geometric albedo of about 0.24. It has a rotation period of 6.33 hours.
It was named in honor of Soviet–Russian writer and children's author Arkady Gaidar (1904–1941), who joined the partisans and became a machine gunner during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Gaidar was killed in combat in October 1941. Naming citation was published before November 1977 (M.P.C. 3825).