Discovered by L. Zhuravleva MPC designation 1910 Mikhailov Observation arc 99.97 yr (36513 days) Absolute magnitude 11.5 | Discovery date 8 October 1972 Minor planet category main-belt (outer) Discovered 8 October 1972 Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Alternative names 1972 TZ1 · 1950 QR1954 JL · 1959 GP1959 JK · 1961 TR1969 DD · A916 FC Named after Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikhailov Discovery site | ||
1910 Mikhailov, provisional designation 1972 TZ1, is a dark, carbonaceous asteroid in the outer asteroid belt, about 30 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Ukrainian astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravleva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj on 8 October 1972.
The C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.9–3.2 AU once every 5 years and 4 months (1,940 days). It has a rotation period of 8.88 hours and a low geometric albedo of 0.05.
The asteroid was named in honor of prominent Russian astronomer Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikhailov (1888–1983), a gravimetrist and academician, who was vice-president of the International Astronomical Union, director of the Pulkovo Observatory, a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and president of its Astronomical Council.
Zhuravleva is ranked 61 in Harvard's ranking of those who discovered minor planets. She discovered 200 such bodies, 13 of which were co-discoveries, between 1972 and 1992.