1225 Ariane

1225 Ariane
Discovery [1]
Discovered by H. van Gent
Discovery site Johannesburg Obs.
(Leiden Southern Station)
Discovery date 23 April 1930
Designations
MPC designation 1225 Ariane
Named after
 (fictional character)[2]
1930 HK · 1928 UD
1958 TB
main-belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 85.41 yr (31,196 days)
Aphelion 2.3990 AU
Perihelion 2.0673 AU
2.2332 AU
Eccentricity 0.0742
3.34 yr (1218.9 days)
274.04°
Inclination 3.0748°
12.387°
100.74°
Earth MOID 1.0870 AU
Physical characteristics
5.5068 h
12.1

    1225 Ariane, provisional designation 1930 HK, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 23, 1930, by Hendrik van Gent at the Leiden Southern Station, annex to the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa.[1]

    Photometric observations made in 2003 at the U.S. Carbuncle Hill Observatory (912) near Providence, Rhode Island, give a synodic rotation period of 5.529±0.002 hours. The light curve shows a brightness variation of 0.40±0.02 in magnitude.[3]

    The asteroid is named after "Ariane Leprieur", the principal role in the play Le Chemin de Crête by Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973).[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1225 Ariane (1930 HK)" (2015-09-23 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1225) Ariane. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 102. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
    3. ↑ Pray, Donald P. (March 2004), "Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 1225, 1301, 2134, 2741, and 3974", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 31 (1), pp. 6–8, Bibcode:2004MPBu...31....6P.

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