2017 Wesson
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 20 September 1903 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2017 Wesson |
Named after |
Mary Wesson Bardwell (wife of astronomer) Conrad M. Bardwell [2] |
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A903 SC · 1936 FA2 1949 CG · 1950 LD1 1970 GE · 1974 QJ1 | |
| main-belt · (inner) [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 112.07 yr (40,932 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6717 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8315 AU |
| 2.2516 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1865 |
| 3.38 yr (1,234 days) | |
| 56.593° | |
| Inclination | 4.8611° |
| 171.31° | |
| 136.39° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
7.223±0.156 km[4] 7.23 km (derived)[3] |
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3.4158 h[5] 2.988 h[6] 3.41581±0.00003 h[7] | |
|
0.2003±0.0549[4] 0.20 (assumed)[3] | |
|
B–V = 0.887 U–B = 0.545 S [3] | |
| 12.78 | |
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2017 Wesson, provisional designation A903 SC, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory on 20 September 1903.[8]
The minor planet orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.8–2.7 AU once every 3.38 years (1,234 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.19 and is tilted by 5 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. The S-type asteroid has an albedo of 0.20[4] and a rotation period of 3.42 hours.[5][7]
It was named after Mary Joan Wesson Bardwell, wife of Conrad M. Bardwell (1926-2010), after whom the minor planet 1615 Bardwell is named. He also established the identifications for this minor planet.[2]
References
- 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2017 Wesson (A903 SC)" (2015-10-14 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2017) Wesson. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 163. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (2017) Wesson". 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.
- 1 2 Kryszczynska, A.; Colas, F.; Polinska, M.; Hirsch, R.; Ivanova, V.; Apostolovska, G.; et al. (October 2012). "Do Slivan states exist in the Flora family?. I. Photometric survey of the Flora region". Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 51. Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..72K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219199. Retrieved November 2015.
- ↑ Wisniewski, W. Z. (March 1991). "Physical studies of small asteroids. I - Lightcurves and taxonomy of 10 asteroids". Icarus: 117–122. Bibcode:1991Icar...90..117W. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(91)90073-3. ISSN 0019-1035. Retrieved November 2015.
- 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (2017) Wesson". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
- ↑ "2017 Wesson (A903 SC)". 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
- 2017 Wesson at the JPL Small-Body Database
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