1801 Titicaca
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. Itzigsohn |
| Discovery site | La Plata Observatory |
| Discovery date | 23 September 1952 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1801 Titicaca |
Named after | Lake Titicaca[2] |
| 1952 SP1 · 1963 UR | |
| main-belt · Eos [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 63.06 yr (23,034 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2286 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.8123 AU |
| 3.0205 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0689 |
| 5.25 yr (1,917 days) | |
| 265.92° | |
| Inclination | 10.969° |
| 77.613° | |
| 9.1849° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
23.18 km[4] 19.72±1.19 km[5] 24.772±0.106 km[6] 19.31±0.41 km[7] 23.13 km (derived)[3] |
| 3.2106 h[8] | |
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0.1309[4] 0.181±0.023[5] 0.1146±0.0104[6] 0.172±0.018[7] 0.1199 (derived)[3] | |
| S [3] | |
| 11.1 | |
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1801 Titicaca, provisional designation 1952 SP1, is a stony asteroid from the asteroid belt, about 23 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Argentine astronomer Miguel Itzigsohn at La Plata Observatory in the capital of the province of Buenos Aires on 23 September 1952.[9]
The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.8–3.2 AU once every 5 years and 3 months (1,917 days). With a semi-major axis of 3.02 AU, an eccentricity of 0.07 and an inclination of 11 degrees, the body is a typical member of the Eos family of asteroids.[1][3]
It has a rotation period of 3.2 hours[8] and a geometric albedo between 0.12 and 0.17 based on observations of the WISE/NEOWISE missions and derived calculations by the LCDB project, respectively.[3][7]
The asteroid is named after Lake Titicaca in the Andes, on the border of Peru and Bolivia at an altitude of 3,812 metres (12,507 feet) above sea level, the largest lake by volume in South America and one of the largest and highest lakes in the world.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1801 Titicaca (1952 SP1)" (2015-10-17 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1801) Titicaca. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 144. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (1801) Titicaca". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves (1801) Titicaca". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
- ↑ "1801 Titicaca (1952 SP1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 1801 Titicaca at the JPL Small-Body Database
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