1887 Virton
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | S. Arend |
| Discovery site | Uccle – Belgium |
| Discovery date | 5 October 1950 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1887 Virton |
Named after |
Virton (town and district)[2] |
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1950 TD · 1934 RG 1944 OE · 1950 RG 1950 TQ1 · 1952 BF1 1960 QC · 1970 OA | |
| main-belt · Eos [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 64.82 yr (23,677 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.3473 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.6680 AU |
| 3.0076 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1129 |
| 5.22 yr (1,905 days) | |
| 144.44° | |
| Inclination | 9.6217° |
| 348.59° | |
| 32.823° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
22.174±0.605 km[4] 22.41 km (calculated)[3] |
|
0.1085±0.0158[4] 0.14 (assumed)[3] | |
| S [3] | |
| 11.0 | |
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1887 Virton, provisional designation 1950 TD, is a stony asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle on 5 October 1950.[5]
The S-type asteroid is a member of the Eos family. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.3 AU once every 5 years and 3 months (1,905 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.11 and is inclined by 9.6 degrees to the ecliptic plane.[3] It has an albedo of about 0.11−0.14.[3][4]
The asteroid was named after the town and capital district, Virton, in the southernmost part Belgium. It is located very close to Robelmont, Arend's birthplace (also see 1145 Robelmonte).[2]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1887 Virton (1950 TD)" (2015-08-02 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1887) Virton. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 151. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (1887) Virton". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
- 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.
- ↑ "1887 Virton (1950 TD)". 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
- 1887 Virton at the JPL Small-Body Database
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