1607 Mavis

1607 Mavis

Light-curve-based 3D-model of 1607 Mavis
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Ernest Johnson
Discovery site Johannesburg Obs.
Discovery date 3 September 1950
Designations
MPC designation 1607 Mavis
Named after
 Mavis Bruwer
(wife of astronomer)
Jacobus Bruwer[2]
1950 RA · 1934 VQ
1958 OB · 1958 PD
A903 BH
main-belt · (inner) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 112.73 yr (41,175 days)
Aphelion 3.3280 AU
Perihelion 1.7714 AU
2.5497 AU
Eccentricity 0.3052
4.07 yr (1,487 days)
325.12°
Inclination 8.5809°
122.54°
235.95°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 11.97 km
14.91±0.25 km[4]
12.756±0.210 km[5]
12.18 km (derived)[3]
6.1339 h[6]
6.1508±0.0005 h[7]
0.2826
0.189±0.007[4]
0.2487±0.0428[5]
0.3598 (derived)[3]
S [3]
11.4

    1607 Mavis, provisional designation 1950 RA, is an eccentric, stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 12 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by South African astronomer Ernest Johnson at Union Observatory in Johannesburg on 3 September 1950.[8]

    The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.8–3.3 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,487 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.31 and is tilted by 9 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 6.1 hours.[6][7] The stony S-type asteroid's albedo has been determined by the Akari and WISE missions to amount to 0.189±0.007 and 0.2487±0.0428, respectively, while the Lightcurve Database project derived a much higher value of 0.36.[3]

    It was named in honor of the Mavis Bruwer, wife of astronomer Jacobus Albertus Bruwer, astronomer at the observatory in Johannesburg, after whom the minor planet 1811 Bruwer was named.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1607 Mavis (1950 RA)" (2015-10-16 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1607) Mavis. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 127. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (1607) Mavis". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 1 2 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 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 Bembrick, Collin; Allen, Bill; Bolt, Greg (June 2008). "The Rotation Periods of 845 Naema, 1607 Mavis, and (30105) 2000 FO3". Bulletin of the Minor Planets (Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers) 35 (2): 74–75. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35...74B. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved November 2015.
    7. 1 2 Oey, Julian (September 2008). "Lightcurve Analysis of Asteroids from the Kingsgrove and Leura Observatories in the 2nd Half of 2007". Bulletin of the Minor Planets (Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers) 35 (3): 132–135. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..132O. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved November 2015.
    8. ↑ "1607 Mavis (1950 RA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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