1736 Floirac

1736 Floirac
Discovery [1]
Discovered by G. Soulie
Discovery site Bordeaux Obs.
Discovery date 6 September 1967
Designations
MPC designation 1736 Floirac
Named after
 Floirac, Gironde
(location of observatory)[2]
1967 RA · 1927 RB
1927 SN · 1934 XC
1937 RP · 1952 DO1
1957 TC · 1957 US
1962 CN · A914 WD
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 87.66 yr (32,017 days)
Aphelion 2.6068 AU
Perihelion 1.8516 AU
2.2292 AU
Eccentricity 0.1693
3.33 yr (1,216 days)
94.618°
Inclination 4.5496°
159.79°
249.09°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 10.08±0.34 km[4]
8.701±0.119 km[5]
8.729 km[6]
9.50±0.30 km[7]
8.73 km (taken)[3]
6.775 h[1]
12.28±0.06 h[8]
0.252±0.020[4]
0.2994±0.0420[5]
0.2711[6]
0.258±0.060[7]
S [3]
12.3

    1736 Floirac, provisional designation 1967 RA, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 9 kilometer in diameter. It was discovered by French astronomer Guy Soulié at Bordeaux Observatory on 6 September 1967.[9]

    The stony asteroid is a member of the Flora family. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,216 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.17 and is tilted by 5 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 6.8 hours[6] and an albedo in the range of 0.25–0.30, based on several different observations.[4][5][6][7]

    The minor planet was named by the discoverer for Floirac, a French town in the Département Gironde, near Bordeaux, where the discovering observatory is located.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1736 Floirac (1967 RA)" (2015-05-26 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1736) Floirac. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 138. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 "LCDB Data for (1736) Floirac". 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 4 Pravec, Petr; Harris, Alan W.; Kusnirák, Peter; Galád, Adrián; Hornoch, Kamil (September 2012). "Absolute magnitudes of asteroids and a revision of asteroid albedo estimates from WISE thermal observations". Icarus 221 (1): 365–387. Bibcode:2012Icar..221..365P. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.07.026. Retrieved November 2015.
    7. 1 2 3 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; Cabrera, M. S. (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.
    8. ↑ Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1736) Floirac". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
    9. ↑ "1736 Floirac (1967 RA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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