844 Leontina
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. Rheden |
| Discovery site | Vienna Observatory |
| Discovery date | 1 October 1916 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 844 Leontina |
Named after |
Lienz (discoverer's home town)[2] |
|
1916 AP · 1935 BN 1953 FL1 · A902 EC | |
| main-belt (outer) · Veritas family | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 114.11 yr (41680 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4273 AU (512.72 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.9894 AU (447.21 Gm) |
| 3.2084 AU (479.97 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.068232 |
| 5.75 yr (2099.0 d) | |
| 213.70° | |
| 0° 10m 17.436s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.7853° |
| 348.76° | |
| 351.03° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.9805 AU (296.28 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.94169 AU (290.473 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.170 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
39.90±0.79 km[3] 49.558±0.785 km[4] 28.85±1.47 km[5] 35.73 km (calculated)[6] |
|
6.7859±0.0002 h[7] 6.784±0.001 h[7] 6.7965±0.0028 h[8] 6.7859 h (0.28275 d)[1] | |
|
0.200±0.010[3] 0.1255±0.0132[4] 0.307±0.036[5] | |
| SMASS = X[1] · S [6] | |
| 9.6[1] | |
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844 Leontina, provisional designation 1916 AP, is a stony asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 36 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 1 October 1916, by Austrian astronomer Joseph Rheden at Vienna Observatory, Austria.[9]
The X-type asteroid is presumably a member of the Veritas family, located in the outer main belt and named after its apparent largest constituent, 490 Veritas. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 3.0–3.4 AU once every 5 years and 9 months (2,097 days). Its orbit is tilted by 9 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic and shows an eccentricity of 0.07.[1]
Multiple light-curve analysis rendered a well-defined, concurring rotation period of 6.79 hours.[7][8] According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and the U.S. Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, measurements of the body's brightness gave a divergent albedo of 0.13, 0.20 and 0.31, respectively.[3][4][5] As a result, the asteroid's estimated diameter strongly varies between 28 and 40 kilometers. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) considers Akari's albedo-figure of 0.20 the most accurate one and consequently assumes the otherwise classified X-type body to be of a stony surface composition with a calculated diameter of 36 kilometers.[6]
The minor planet was named by the discoverer for his home town Lienz in East Tyrol, Austria.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 844 Leontina (1916 AP)" (2015-11-11 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (844) Leontina. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 77. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; Ootsubo, Takafumi; et al. (October 2011). "Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 63 (5): 1117–1138. Bibcode:2011PASJ...63.1117U. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; Tholen, D.; et al. (November 2011). "NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 25. arXiv:1109.6407
. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Retrieved 4 January 2016. - 1 2 3 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; et al. (November 2012). "Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 759 (1): 5. arXiv:1209.5794. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759L...8M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 "LCDB Data for (844) Leontina". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (844) Leontina". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- 1 2 Waszczak, Adam; Chang, Chan-Kao; Ofek, Eran O.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Levitan, David; et al. (September 2015). "Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry". The Astronomical Journal. 150 (3): 35. arXiv:1504.04041. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...75W. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ↑ "844 Leontina (1916 AP)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
External links
- The Asteroid Veritas: An intruder in a family named after it?
- 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 (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 844 Leontina at the JPL Small-Body Database
