1118 Hanskya

Infobox Planet | discovery= yes | physical_characteristics = yes | bgcolour=#FFFFC0
name=1118 Hanskyacite web | title="JPL Small-Body Database Browser" | url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1118 | accessdate= October 9 | accessyear= 2007 ]
discoverer=Belyavskij, S. and Ivanov, N. at Simeis
discovered=August 29, 1927
epoch=October 27, 2007 (JD 2454400.5) TDB
semimajor=3.2081793 AU
perihelion=3.0475377 AU
aphelion=3.3688209 AU
eccentricity=0.0500725
period=2098.8739891 d (5.75 a)
inclination=13.99147°
asc_node=318.95184°
arg_peri=334.01432°
mean_anomaly=50.75676°
dimensions=77.20 km
rotation=15.61 h
abs_magnitude=9.50
albedo=0.0470

1118 Hanskya is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It was discovered by Sergei Ivanovich Belyavsky and N. Ivanov on August 29, 1927 at Simeis. Its provisional designation was 1927 QD. It was named in honor of the 25th anniversary of the death of the first astronomer of the Simeis observatory, Alexis Hansky. [cite book |last= Schmadel |first= Lutz D. |title= Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |publisher= Springer |year= 2003 |isbn= 3540002383 ] The asteroid is approximately 77km in diameter, makes one orbit around the Sun about every 6 years, and takes about 15 1/2 hours to make a single rotation.

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