1930 Lucifer
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A three-dimensional model of 1930 Lucifer based on its light curve | |
| Discovery [1] | |
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| Discovered by | E. Roemer |
| Discovery site | NOFS (USNO) |
| Discovery date | 29 October 1964 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1930 Lucifer |
Named after | Lucifer (religion)[2] |
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1964 UA · 1954 SQ 1954 TC | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 60.45 yr (22,079 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.3140 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.4811 AU |
| 2.8975 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1437 |
| 4.93 yr (1801.5 days) | |
| 175.57° | |
| Inclination | 14.087° |
| 318.62° | |
| 340.85° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.47 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 27 km |
| 13.056 h | |
| 0.1058 | |
| Cgh (SMASSII) | |
| 11.0 mag | |
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1930 Lucifer, provisional designation 1964 UA, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 29, 1964 by American astronomer Elizabeth Roemer at the Flagstaff station (NOFS) of the United States Naval Observatory (USNO). The body measures about 27 kilometer in diameter and belongs to the C-group of asteroids (Cgh-type).[1]
Photometric measurements of the asteroid made in 2005 at the Palmer Divide Observatory showed a light curve with a period of 13.056 ± 0.005 hours and a brightness variation of 0.43 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[3]
Lutz D. Schmadel's Dictionary of Minor Planet Names reads "Named for the proud, rebellious archangel, identified with Satan, who was expelled from heaven".[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1930 Lucifer (1964 UA)" (2015-03-06 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1930) Lucifer. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 155. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
- ↑ Warner, Brian D. (2005), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - winter 2004-2005", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 32 (3), pp. 54–58, Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...54W.
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