5171 Augustesen

Augustesen
Discovery
Discovered by P. Jensen
Discovery site Brorfelde
Discovery date 8 September 1988
Designations
MPC designation (5171) Augustesen
Named after
 Karl Augustesen
1987 SQ3
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 22840 days (62.53 yr)
Aphelion 2.7451 AU (410.66 Gm)
Perihelion 2.1068 AU (315.17 Gm)
2.4260 AU (362.92 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.13157
3.78 yr (1380.1 d)
165.580°
0° 15m 39.024s / day
Inclination 7.0871°
322.135°
45.695°
Earth MOID 1.10971 AU (166.010 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.71595 AU (406.300 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.488
Physical characteristics
480 h (20 d)
13.2

    5171 Augustesen (1987 SQ3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 8 September 1988 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid reported in 2007 show a lengthy rotation period of 474 ± 10 hours with a brightness variation of 0.8 magnitude. It appears to have a tumbling motion.[2]

    References

    1. ↑ "5171 Augustesen (1987 SQ3)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. ↑ Galád, Adrián; et al. (October 2007), "Seven Asteroids Studied from Modra Observatory in the Course of Binary Asteroid Photometric Campaign", Earth, Moon, and Planets, 101 (1–2): 17–25, Bibcode:2007EM&P..101...17G, doi:10.1007/s11038-007-9146-6.


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