1209 Pumma

1209 Pumma
Discovery[1]
Discovered by K. Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date 22 April 1927
Designations
MPC designation 1209 Pumma
Named after
Nickname of
niece of astronomer
Albrecht Kahrstedt[2][3]
1927 HA · 1950 JQ
1963 UU
main-belt · (outer)[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 88.49 yr (32,320 days)
Aphelion 3.5798 AU
Perihelion 2.7532 AU
3.1665 AU
Eccentricity 0.1305
5.63 yr (2,058 days)
162.34°
Inclination 6.9355°
89.869°
177.54°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 21.73±2.15 km[5]
26.986±0.311 km[6]
42.23 km (calculated)[4]
8.5001 h[7]
0.215±0.055[5]
0.1397±0.0360[6]
0.057 (assumed)[4]
C[4]
10.7

    1209 Pumma, provisional designation 1927 HA, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 25 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory on 22 April 1927.[8]

    The C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.8–3.6 AU once every 5 years and 8 months (2,058 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.13 and is tilted by 7 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 8.5 hours[7] and an albedo of 0.02 and 0.14, respectively, depending on two different data-sets from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and NEOWISE mission.[5][6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) assumes a low albedo of 0.06 and calculated the body's diameter to be much larger, about 42 kilometers.[4]

    The minor planet was named after the nickname of the niece of Albrecht Kahrstedt (1897–1971), after whom the asteroid 1587 Kahrstedt is named. The name "Pumma" was proposed by Albrecht Kahrstedt himself.[2][3]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1209 Pumma (1927 HA)" (2015-10-17 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1209) Pumma. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 101. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 "Kahrstedt, Albrecht. Astronom, * 24.8.1897 Neiße (Oberschlesien), † 1.11.1971 Berlin (evangelisch)". Deutsche Biographie.de (in German). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (1209) Pumma". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    5. 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.
    6. 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.
    7. 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1209) Pumma". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
    8. "1209 Pumma (1927 HA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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