2127 Tanya is a main belt asteroid, discovered by Lyudmila Ivanovna Chernykh on May 29, 1971. She named her discovery in memory of the young Russian girl Tanya Savicheva, who died after the Siege of Leningrad and wrote a well-known diary.
Orbital Information: Keplerian elements at epoch 53450
a (AU) 3.21188 eccentricity 0.038242 inclination (deg) 13.115 Asc. node (deg) 106.664 Arg. perih. (deg) 177.321 M (deg) 291.705IRAS data:
Number of sightings 6 Mean albedo 0.0601 Effective diameter (km) 39.28 Intrinsic var. probability 0.10Other useful data:
Absolute Magnitude 10.879 Slope parameter 0.15 Perihelion (AU) 3.0891 Aphelion (AU) 3.3347 Asc. node-Earth sep. (AU) 2.35131 Desc. node-Earth sep. (AU) 2.07346 Earth MOID (AU) 2.07335 Orbital period (days) 2102.51 First obs. (day/mo/yr) 14.155230/04/1953 Last obs. (day/mo/yr) 18.507440/01/2005 Number of obs. 365Famous quotes containing the word tanya:
“Joseph, when I had jewels and lands and palaces, I was often weary and discontent. When everything was taken away, except my life, I learned that the way to be really happy is to serve others, to be needed.”
—Adele Comandini. Edward Sutherland. Madam Tanya (Maria Ouspenskaya)