15017 Cuppy
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15017 Cuppy view from Auburn, Indiana, on 1 July 2004, using a 40.5 cm RCOS telescope | |
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | LONEOS |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 22 September 1998 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 15017 Cuppy |
Named after |
Will Cuppy (humorist, literary critic)[2] |
| 1998 SS25 | |
| main-belt · (inner) | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 25.06 yr (9,154 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.7011 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9514 AU |
| 2.3263 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1611 |
| 3.55 yr (1,296 days) | |
| 38.922° | |
| 0° 16m 40.08s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.2109° |
| 63.828° | |
| 347.81° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
1.795±0.226[3] 2 km (estimated at 0.25)[4] |
| 0.500±0.219[3] | |
| 15.6[1] | |
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15017 Cuppy, provisional designation 1998 SS25, is a small asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by the U.S. Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) at its Anderson Mesa Station, Arizona, on 22 September 1998.[5]
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 7 months (1,296 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The first precovery was taken at Palomar Observatory in 1991, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 7 years prior to its discovery.[5] As of 2016, its effective size, composition and albedo, as well as its rotation period and shape remain unknown.
According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, the asteroid measures 1.8 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.50.[3] Based on an absolute magnitude of 15.6, the asteroid is calculated to measure between 2 and 5 kilometers in diameter, assuming an albedo in the range of 0.05 to 0.25.[4]
In September 2003, the minor planet was named in memory of American literary critic and humorist, Will Cuppy (1884–1949). He is known for his satirical books The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, How to Attract the Wombat, How to Become Extinct and How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes. The name was proposed by M. Walter.[2] Naming citation was published on 10 September 2003 (M.P.C. 49675).[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 15017 Cuppy (1998 SS25)" (2016-11-05 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (15017) Cuppy, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Dailey, J.; et al. (November 2011). "Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 20. arXiv:1109.4096
. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...68M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68. Retrieved 3 December 2016. - 1 2 "Absolute Magnitude (H)". NASA/JPL. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- 1 2 "15017 Cuppy (1998 SS25)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
External links
- Photographic observations of 15017 Cuppy, Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (15001)-(20000) – Minor Planet Center
- 15017 Cuppy at the JPL Small-Body Database
