Astronomy:187 Lamberta

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187 Lamberta
Discovery
Discovered byJ. Coggia, 1878
Discovery date11 April 1878
Designations
(187) Lamberta
Pronunciation/læmˈbɜːrtə/
A878 GB; 1946 LB;
1948 XR
Minor planet categoryMain belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc113.41 yr (41424 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}3.3856 astronomical unit|AU (506.48 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.0695 AU (309.59 Gm)
2.7276 AU (408.04 Gm)
Eccentricity0.24126
Orbital period4.50 yr (1645.3 d)
Mean anomaly217.42°
Mean motion0° 13m 7.68s / day
Inclination10.588°
Longitude of ascending node21.707°
196.93°
Earth MOID1.07102 AU (160.222 Gm)
Jupiter MOID1.60105 AU (239.514 Gm)
TJupiter3.289
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter141±2 km[2]
147.294±1.389 km[1]
131.3±1.1 km[3]
Flattening0.14[lower-alpha 1]
Mass(1.9±0.3)×1018 kg[2]
(1.80±0.85)×1018 kg[3]
Mean density1.28±0.22 g/cm3[2]
1.51±0.71 g/cm3[3]
Rotation period10.67 h (0.445 d)[1]
Geometric albedo0.052 (calculated)[2]
0.044±0.007[1]
0.0647 ± 0.0135[4]
C[4] (Tholen)
Absolute magnitude (H)8.40,[1] 7.980[4]


187 Lamberta is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by Corsican-born French astronomer Jérôme Eugène Coggia on April 11, 1878, and named after the astronomer Johann Heinrich Lambert. It was the second of Coggia's five asteroid discoveries.

The spectrum matches a classification of a C-type asteroid, which may mean it has a composition of primitive carbonaceous materials. It is a dark object as indicated by the low albedo and has an estimated size of about 131 km.[3]

Notes

  1. Flattening derived from the maximum aspect ratio (c/a): f=1ca, where (c/a) = 0.86±0.07.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "187 Lamberta". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=187;cad=1. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 P. Vernazza et al. (2021) VLT/SPHERE imaging survey of the largest main-belt asteroids: Final results and synthesis. Astronomy & Astrophysics 54, A56
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science 73: pp. 98–118, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009, Bibcode2012P&SS...73...98C.  See Table 1.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Pravec, P. et al. (May 2012), "Absolute Magnitudes of Asteroids and a Revision of Asteroid Albedo Estimates from WISE Thermal Observations", Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Proceedings of the conference held May 16–20, 2012 in Niigata, Japan (1667), Bibcode2012LPICo1667.6089P.  See Table 4.