This minor planet was numbered on 23 January 1997 (M.P.C. 28818).[11] It was named after the awarded Russian composer Valery Gavrilin (1939–1999). The asteroid's name was suggested by the Union of Concert Workers of Russia, and its official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 24 January 2000 (M.P.C. 38196).[11]
Physical characteristics
Gavrilin is an assumed, stony S-type asteroid,[10] the most common spectral type in the inner asteroid belt. The assumption also agrees with the overall spectral type for the Phocaea family.[12]
Rotation period and satellite
In January 2008, rotational lightcurves of Gavrilin were obtained from photometric observations by the BINAST group including David Higgins at the Hunters Hill Observatory (E14) in Australia and Petr Pravec at the Ondřejov Observatory in the Czech Republic. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 49.12 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.25 magnitude (U=3/3).[9][a][b]
The photometric observation also revealed that Gavrilin is a synchronous binary asteroid with a minor-planet moon in its orbit. The discovery was announced in October 2008. The satellite measures approximately 2.41 kilometers in diameter (a secondary-to-primary diameter-ratio of at least 0.32) and has an orbital period identical to that of the primary's rotation, 49.12 hours.[4][10][a]
Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), Gavrilin measures 4.91 and 5.49 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.27 and 0.28, respectively.[5][6][7] A 2017-WISE-study dedicated to Mars-crossing asteroids determined a diameter of 5.51 kilometers despite a higher albedo of 0.305.[8] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for a stony asteroid of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 5.74 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.61, while the Johnston's Archive estimates a diameter of 7.54 kilometers for the primary.[4][10]
^ abcdLightcurve plot (7369) Gavrilin by Higgins and Pravec, from Ondrejov data obtained by the NEO Photometric Program and collaborating projects. Pravec notes that the binary system has a lower limit of 0.36 for its secondary to primary diameter ratio (H estimated assuming G).
^ abPravec (2008) web: rotation period 49.12 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.25±0.02 mag. Quality Code is 3. Summary figures for (7369) Gavrilin at the LCDB and Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2008).
^ abcdMainzer, A. K.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Grav, T.; Kramer, E. A.; Masiero, J. R.; et al. (June 2016). "NEOWISE Diameters and Albedos V1.0". NASA Planetary Data System: EAR-A-COMPIL-5-NEOWISEDIAM-V1.0. Bibcode:2016PDSS..247.....M. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
^ abcdNugent, C. R.; Mainzer, A.; Masiero, J.; Bauer, J.; Cutri, R. M.; Grav, T.; et al. (December 2015). "NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year One: Preliminary Asteroid Diameters and Albedos". The Astrophysical Journal. 814 (2): 13. arXiv:1509.02522. Bibcode:2015ApJ...814..117N. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/814/2/117.