1130 Skuld

1130 Skuld
Discovery [1]
Discovered by K. Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date 2 September 1929
Designations
MPC designation 1130 Skuld
Named after
 Skuld
(Norse mythology)[2]
1929 RC · 1928 FJ
1949 UD · 1962 LA
A906 VC
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 108.84 yr (39,753 days)
Aphelion 2.6701 AU
Perihelion 1.7866 AU
2.2284 AU
Eccentricity 0.1982
3.33 yr (1,215 days)
296.22°
Inclination 2.1674°
216.14°
113.90°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 10.24±0.64 km[4]
11.009±0.091 km[5]
9.63±0.44 km[6]
9.99 km (derived)[3]
4.810 h[lower-alpha 1]
4.73±0.02 h[7]
4.807±0.002 h[8]
4.8079±0.0005 h[9]
0.244±0.033[4]
0.1995±0.0461[5]
0.302±0.031[6]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
S [3]
12.0

    1130 Skuld, provisional designation 1929 RC, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 2 September 1929 by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany.[10] The body was independently discovered by astronomers and fellow countrymen Arnold Schwassmann and Arno Wachmann at the Hamburger Bergedorf Observatory ten nights later.[2]

    The asteroid is a member of the Flora family, a large group of rocky S-type asteroids in the inner main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.8–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,215 days). Its orbit shows a notable eccentricity of 0.20 and is tilted by 2 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 4.8 hours[lower-alpha 1][9] and an albedo in the range of 0.20 to 0.30, according to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, and subsequent NEOWISE mission.[4][5][6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) assumes an albedo of 0.24, which is typical for a stony asteroid.

    The minor planet was named after Skuld, one of the three Norns in Norse mythology.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 Robinson (2011) web: rotation period 4.810 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.5 mag. Summary figures at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) for (1130) Skuld
    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1130 Skuld (1929 RC)" (2015-10-10 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
    2. 1 2 3 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1130) Skuld. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 96. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (1130) Skuld". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 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 November 2015.
    5. 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 November 2015.
    6. 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 November 2015.
    7. ↑ Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1130) Skuld". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
    8. ↑ Buchheim, Robert K. (April 2010). "Lightcurve and Phase Curve of 1130 Skuld". Bulletin of the Minor Planets (Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers) 37 (2): 41–42. Bibcode:2010MPBu...37...41B. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved November 2015.
    9. 1 2 Kryszczynska, A.; Colas, F.; Polinska, M.; Hirsch, R.; Ivanova, V.; Apostolovska, G.; et al. (October 2012). "Do Slivan states exist in the Flora family?. I. Photometric survey of the Flora region". Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 51. Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..72K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219199. Retrieved November 2015.
    10. ↑ "1130 Skuld (1929 RC)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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