Astronomy:1300 Marcelle

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Short description: Carbonaceous asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt
1300 Marcelle
Discovery[1]
Discovered byG. Reiss
Discovery siteAlgiers Obs.
Discovery date10 February 1934
Designations
(1300) Marcelle
Named afterMarcelle Reiss
(discoverer's daughter)[2]
1934 CL
Minor planet categorymain-belt · (middle)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc83.13 yr (30,365 days)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.7986 AU
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.7635 AU
2.7811 AU
Eccentricity0.0063
Orbital period4.64 yr (1,694 days)
Mean anomaly93.078°
Mean motion0° 12m 45s / day
Inclination9.5482°
Longitude of ascending node82.943°
326.67°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions27.64 km (derived)[3]
27.84±1.1 km[4]
28.194±0.141 km[5]
30.86±9.65 km[6]
30.866±0.392 km[7]
33.34±0.45 km[8]
33.92±9.86 km[9]
41.27±2.37 km[10]
Rotation period12 h[11]
Geometric albedo0.029±0.012[10]
0.03±0.03[9]
0.04±0.03[6]
0.0637 (derived)[3]
0.070±0.002[8]
0.0809±0.0121[7]
0.095±0.011[5]
0.0995±0.008[4]
SMASS = Cg[1] · C[3]
Absolute magnitude (H)10.9[4][7][8] · 11.4[1][3][6][10] · 11.48[9] · 11.51±0.36[12]


1300 Marcelle, provisional designation 1934 CL, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 30 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 February 1934, by French astronomer Guy Reiss at the North African Algiers Observatory in Algeria.[13]

Orbit and classification

Marcelle orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.8–2.8 AU once every 4 years and 8 months (1,694 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.01 and an inclination of 10° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The body's observation arc begins at Uccle Observatory, four days after its official discovery at Algiers, as no precoveries were taken, and no prior identifications were made.[13]

Physical characteristics

Marcelle is a dark C-type asteroid. On the SMASS taxonomic scheme, it is classified as a Cg-subtype, an intermediate to the rather rare G-type asteroids.[1]

Rotation period

The so-far only rotational lightcurve of Marcelle was obtained from photometric observations taken by French amateur astronomer René Roy in January 2008. Light-curve analysis gave a rotation period of 12 hours and a low brightness variation of 0.05 magnitude ({{{1}}}).[11]

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite, and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Marcelle measures between 27.84 and 33.92 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo between 0.03 and 0.010 (ignoring preliminary results).[4][5][6][8][9] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0637 and a diameter of 27.64 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 11.4.[3]

Naming

This minor planet was named for Marcelle Reiss, the third daughter of the discoverer.[2] He also named his discoveries 1237 Geneviève and 1376 Michelle, after his two other daughters, Geneviève and Michelle, respectively. The official naming citation was also mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 119). It is also noteworthy to mention that International Marcelle's Day is celebrated on the 17th of July Every year to commemorate the rarity of the name Marcelle among the general populous of the United States. Since 1880 up to 2018, the name “Marcelle” was recorded 5,810 times in the SSA public database. Using the UN World Population Prospects for 2019, that's more than enough Marcelles to occupy the country of Montserrat with an estimated population of 5,220[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1300 Marcelle (1934 CL)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001300. Retrieved 26 July 2017. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1300) Marcelle". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1300) Marcelle. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 107. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1301. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "LCDB Data for (1300) Marcelle". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=1300%7CMarcelle. Retrieved 17 January 2017. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System 12: IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Bibcode2004PDSS...12.....T. https://sbnarchive.psi.edu/pds3/iras/IRAS_A_FPA_3_RDR_IMPS_V6_0/data/diamalb.tab. Retrieved 22 October 2019. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Masiero, Joseph R.; Grav, T.; Mainzer, A. K.; Nugent, C. R.; Bauer, J. M.; Stevenson, R. et al. (August 2014). "Main-belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE: Near-infrared Albedos". The Astrophysical Journal 791 (2): 11. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121. Bibcode2014ApJ...791..121M. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2014ApJ...791..121M. Retrieved 17 January 2017. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Nugent, C. R.; Mainzer, A.; Masiero, J.; Bauer, J.; Cutri, R. M.; Grav, T. et al. (December 2015). "NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year One: Preliminary Asteroid Diameters and Albedos". The Astrophysical Journal 814 (2): 13. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/814/2/117. Bibcode2015ApJ...814..117N. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2015ApJ...814..117N. Retrieved 17 January 2017. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 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. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Bibcode2011ApJ...741...90M. 
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; Ootsubo, Takafumi et al. (October 2011). "Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 63 (5): 1117–1138. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. Bibcode2011PASJ...63.1117U.  (online, AcuA catalog p. 153)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Nugent, C. R.; Mainzer, A.; Bauer, J.; Cutri, R. M.; Kramer, E. A.; Grav, T. et al. (September 2016). "NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year Two: Asteroid Diameters and Albedos". The Astronomical Journal 152 (3): 12. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/3/63. Bibcode2016AJ....152...63N. 
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C. et al. (November 2012). "Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 759 (1): 5. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Bibcode2012ApJ...759L...8M. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2012ApJ...759L...8M. Retrieved 17 January 2017. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1300) Marcelle". Geneva Observatory. http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page4cou.html#001300. Retrieved 17 January 2017. 
  12. Veres, Peter; Jedicke, Robert; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Denneau, Larry; Granvik, Mikael; Bolin, Bryce et al. (November 2015). "Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results". Icarus 261: 34–47. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007. Bibcode2015Icar..261...34V. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2015Icar..261...34V. Retrieved 17 January 2017. 
  13. 13.0 13.1 "1300 Marcelle (1934 CL)". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1300. Retrieved 17 January 2017. 

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