1849 Kresák
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 14 January 1942 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1849 Kresak |
Named after |
Ľubor Kresák (astronomer)[2] |
|
1942 AB · 1948 EO 1951 WC2 | |
| main-belt · (outer) [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 73.77 yr (26,946 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.1025 AU |
| Perihelion | 3.0020 AU |
| 3.0522 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0164 |
| 5.33 yr (1,948 days) | |
| 204.06° | |
| Inclination | 10.763° |
| 50.376° | |
| 144.40° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 26.14 km (calculated)[3] |
| 19.1008 h[4] | |
| 0.057 (assumed)[3] | |
| C [3] | |
| 11.4 | |
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1849 Kresak, provisional designation 1942 AB, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 26 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in the middle of World War II on 14 January 1942.[5]
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 3.0–3.1 AU once every 5 years and 4 months (1,948 days). Its nearly circular orbit is inclined by 11 degrees to the ecliptic. It has a relatively long rotation period of 19 hours[4] and an assumed geometric albedo of 0.06 for a C-type asteroid.[3]
It was named in honor of Slovak astronomer Ľubor Kresák (1927–1994) from the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava and president of IAU's Commission 20 in the 1970s. He is well known for his theoretical work on meteors and the question of their relationship with comets and minor planets, as well as for the rediscovery of the short-period comet 41P/Tuttle–Giacobini–Kresák at the Skalnaté Pleso Observatory in 1951.[2]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1849 Kresak (1942 AB)" (2015-10-24 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1849) Kresák. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 148. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (1849) Kresak". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 Waszczak, Adam; Chang, Chan-Kao; Ofek, Eran O.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Levitan, David; et al. (September 2015). "Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry". The Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 35. arXiv:1504.04041. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...75W. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. Retrieved November 2015.
- ↑ "1849 Kresak (1942 AB)". 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 Geneve, Raoul Behrend
- 1849 Kresák at the JPL Small-Body Database
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