Astronomy:11714 Mikebrown

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11714 Mikebrown
Discovery[1]
Discovered byLONEOS
Discovery siteAnderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date28 April 1998
Designations
(11714) Mikebrown
Named afterMichael E. Brown
(minor planet discoverer)[2]
1998 HQ51 · 1977 RX8
1986 TH5 · 1986 TW10
1986 UR1
Minor planet categorymain-belt[1] · (central)
background
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc38.94 yr (14,224 days)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}3.3555 AU
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}1.9897 AU
2.6726 AU
Eccentricity0.2555
Orbital period4.37 yr (1,596 days)
Mean anomaly67.558°
Mean motion0° 13m 32.16s / day
Inclination3.0156°
Longitude of ascending node178.73°
135.17°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter4.451±0.945 km[3]
Geometric albedo0.246±0.069[3]
Absolute magnitude (H)14.1[1]


11714 Mikebrown, provisional designation 1998 HQ51, is a stony background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 28 April 1998, by astronomers of the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth Object Search (LONEOS) at the U.S. Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, and later named after American astronomer Michael Brown.[2][4]

Orbit and classification

In January 2010, Mikebrown came to opposition with Mercury, Earth, and Mars.

Mikebrown is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.0–3.4 AU once every 4 years and 4 months (1,596 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]

On 15 May 2012, Mikebrown came within about 14.8 Gm (0.099 AU) of asteroid 625 Xenia.[5]

It was first observed as 1977 RX8 Palomar Observatory in 1977, extending the body's observation arc by 21 years prior to its official discovery observation at Anderson Mesa.[4]

Naming

This minor planet was named after American astronomer Michael E. Brown (born 1965), a professor of astronomy at Caltech in California, and best known for his discoveries of trans-Neptunian objects, in particular the dwarf planet 136199 Eris. The official naming citation was published on 24 July 2002 (M.P.C. 46104).[6]

Physical characteristics

According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Mikebrown measures 4.451 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.246, which is typical for stony S-type asteroids.[3]

It has an absolute magnitude of 14.1.[1] As of 2017, no rotational lightcurve of Mikebrown has been obtained from photometric observations, and the body's rotation period and shape remains unknown.[1][7]

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