468 Lina

468 Lina
Discovery
Discovered by Max Wolf
Discovery date January 18, 1901
Designations
1901 FZ, A915 PA, A918 EB
Orbital characteristics
3.130 AU
Eccentricity 0.198
5.54 year
Inclination 0.440°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 59.7 ± 0.5[1] km
16.33 ± 0.02[2] h
Albedo 0.058[1]
9.83[1]

    468 Lina is a main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Max Wolf on January 18, 1901 at Heidelberg. Its provisional name was 1901 FZ. This asteroid was named Lina after the housemaid of Max Wolf's family.[3] It is a core member of the Themis family of asteroids.

    Photometric observations of 468 Lina at the Altimira Observatory in California during 2006 showed a rotation period of 16.33 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.15 in magnitude. The light curve showed an unusual triple peak shape.[2]

    Analysis of infrared observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope give a diameter of 59.7 ± 0.5 km, albedo of 0.058, and absolute magnitude 9.83. The values are significantly different from the earlier results obtained with IRAS, which gave a diameter of 69.34 ± 2.5 km and albedo of 0.043 ± 0.003. 468 Lina shows an emissivity plateau in the wavelength range of 9 to 12 μm, which is indicative of silicates.[1]

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Licandro, J.; Hargrove, K.; Kelley, M.; Campins, H.; Ziffer, J.; Alí-Lagoa, V.; Fernández, Y.; Rivkin, A. (September 2007), "5-14 mum Spitzer spectra of Themis family asteroids", Astronomy & Astrophysics 537: A73, Bibcode:2012A&A...537A..73L, doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201118142
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Buchheim, Robert K. (September 2007), "Lightcurves of 25 Phocaea, 468 Lina, 482 Petrina 551 Ortrud, 741 Botolphia, 834 Burnhamia, 2839 Annette, and 3411 Debetencourt", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 34 (3): 68–71, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...68B
    3. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.

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