1879 Broederstroom

1879 Broederstroom
Discovery [1]
Discovered by H. van Gent
Discovery site Johannesburg Obs.
(Leiden Southern Station)
Discovery date 16 October 1935
Designations
MPC designation 1879 Broederstroom
Named after
 Broederstroom (town)[2]
1935 UN · 1950 AD
1950 CV · 1950 DB1
1972 RS1 · 1984 HJ2
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 78.68 yr (28,738 days)
Aphelion 2.5790 AU
Perihelion 1.9123 AU
2.2456 AU
Eccentricity 0.1484
3.37 yr (1,229 days)
211.45°
Inclination 1.7233°
250.00°
173.93°
Earth MOID 0.9261 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 7.66±0.52 km[4]
7.44±0.24 km[5]
7.14 km (caculated)[3]
3.01555 h[6]
3.0159±0.0115 h[7]
3.020±0.010 h[8]
0.319±0.048[4]
0.242±0.031[5]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
S [3]
12.9

    1879 Broederstroom, provisional designation 1935 UN, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at the Leiden Southern Station, annex to the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa on 16 October 1935.[9]

    The S-type asteroid is a member of the Flora family and measures approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,229 days). Its orbit show an eccentricity of 0.15 and is nearly coplaner to the ecliptic, inclined by only 1.7 degrees.[1] It has an albedo of 0.24 and 0.32, as measured by the WISE/NEOWISE and Akari surveys, respectively.[4][5]

    Photometric light-curve observations made by Italian amateur astronomer Antonio Vagnozzi[6] and the U.S. Palomar Transient Factory Survey gave a rotation period of 3.02 hours.[7][8]

    The asteroid was named after the village Broederstroom located in the North West province of South Africa. The Leiden Southern Observatory was later located near this town for 25 years until 1982.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1879 Broederstroom (1935 UN)" (2014-06-21 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1879) Broederstroom. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 150. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (1879) Broederstroom". 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 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.
    6. 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1879) Broederstroom". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
    7. 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.
    8. 1 2 Chang, Chan-Kao; Ip, Wing-Huen; Lin, Hsing-Wen; Cheng, Yu-Chi; Ngeow, Chow-Choong; Yang, Ting-Chang; et al. (August 2015). "Asteroid Spin-rate Study Using the Intermediate Palomar Transient Factory". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 219 (2): 19. arXiv:1506.08493. Bibcode:2015ApJS..219...27C. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/219/2/27. Retrieved November 2015.
    9. ↑ "1879 Broederstroom (1935 UN)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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