1407 Lindelöf
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Y. Väisälä |
| Discovery site | Turku Observatory |
| Discovery date | 21 November 1936 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1407 Lindelof |
Named after |
Ernst Lindelöf (topologist)[2] |
|
1936 WC · 1977 FL A905 AB | |
| main-belt · (outer) [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 110.27 yr (40,275 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.5412 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9893 AU |
| 2.7653 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2805 |
| 4.60 yr (1,680 days) | |
| 61.256° | |
| Inclination | 5.8048° |
| 269.09° | |
| 109.62° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
20.98 km[4] 23.85±1.40 km[5] 20.31±0.32 km[6] 20.75 km (derived)[3] |
| 31.151 h[7] | |
|
0.2309[4] 0.179±0.023[5] 0.187±0.017[6] 0.1791 (derived)[3] | |
|
SMASS = X S [3] | |
| 10.9 | |
|
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1407 Lindelöf, provisional designation 1936 WC, is an eccentric, rather slowly rotating asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 November 1936 by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory, Finland.[8]
It is a X-spectral type asteroid in the SMASS taxonomy, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link considers the body to be a stony S-type asteroid. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–3.5 AU once every 4 years and 7 months (1,680 days). Its orbit shows a high eccentricity of 0.28 and is tilted by 6 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rather long rotation period of 31.151 hours[7] and an albedo of 0.18 to 0.23, according to the surveys carried out by IRAS, Akari, and WISE/NEOWISE.[4][5][6]
The minor planet was named after Finnish topologist Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870–1946), who was a professor of mathematics at Helsinki University and after whom Lindelöf spaces are named.[2]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1407 Lindelof (1936 WC)" (2015-04-09 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1407) Lindelöf. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 113. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (1407) Lindelof". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 3 Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System. Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T. Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 3 Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; 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.
- 1 2 3 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; 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.
- 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1407) Lindelof". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
- ↑ "1407 Lindelof (1936 WC)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.
External links
- 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
- 1407 Lindelöf at the JPL Small-Body Database
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