1965 van de Kamp

This article is about the asteroid. For the Dutch astronomer, see Peter van de Kamp.
1965 van de Kamp
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Palomar–Leiden survey
C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date 24 September 1960
Designations
MPC designation 1965 van de Kamp
Named after
 Peter van de Kamp[2]
2521 P–L · 1927 QG
1956 TN
main-belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 58.58 yr (21,397 days)
Aphelion 2.8416 AU
Perihelion 2.2971 AU
2.5694 AU
Eccentricity 0.1059
4.12 yr (1,504 days)
55.075°
Inclination 2.2200°
88.229°
343.77°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 11.8 km[lower-alpha 1]
36 h
0.20[lower-alpha 1]
12.0

    1965 van de Kamp (2521 P–L) is an asteroid from the asteroid belt, discovered on September 24, 1960 by Cornelis van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden, on photographic plates taken by Tom Gehrels at Palomar, California.[3] The asteroid measures about 12 kilometer in diameter and has a geometric albedo of 0.20.[lower-alpha 1] It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.3–2.8 AU once every 4.12 years (1,504 days) and takes 36 hours to rotate around its axis.[1]

    The designation P–L stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s. Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden Observatory. The trio are credited with several thousand asteroid discoveries.

    The asteroid was named after Dutch astronomer Peter van de Kamp (1901–1995), director of Sproul Observatory and known for his research on astrometric binaries.[2]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 3 Diameter and albedo data retrieved from MinorPlanet.Info summary of LCDB Data for (1965) van de Kamp. Sources: 1) AKARI (October 2011), Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey, Bibcode: 2011PASJ...63.1117U, give a diameter 11.72 km of and a albedo of 0.225. 2) Masiero (2012), Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids, Bibcode: 2011PASJ...63.1117U, give a diameter of 13.61 km and an albedo of 0.151.

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1965 van de Kamp (2521 P-L)" (2015-05-11 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved October 2015.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1965) van de Kamp. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 158. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
    3. ↑ "1965 van de Kamp (2521 P-L)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved October 2015.

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