Astronomy:328 Gudrun

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328 Gudrun
Modelled shape of Gudrun from its lightcurve
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date18 March 1892
Designations
(328) Gudrun
Pronunciation/ˈɡʊdrn/[1]
Named afterGudrun
Minor planet categoryMain belt
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc104.41 yr (38135 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}3.43998 astronomical unit|AU (514.614 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.78126 AU (416.071 Gm)
3.11062 AU (465.342 Gm)
Eccentricity0.10588
Orbital period5.486 yr (2,003.9 d)
Mean anomaly325.246°
Mean motion0° 10m 46.747s / day
Inclination16.1164°
Longitude of ascending node352.328°
103.924°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions122.92±5.2 km[2]
122.59±3.72 km[3]
Mass(3.16±0.46)×1018 kg[3]
Mean density3.27±0.55 g/cm3[3]
Rotation period10.992 h (0.4580 d)
Geometric albedo0.0425±0.004
Cgh[4]
Absolute magnitude (H)8.8


328 Gudrun is a large main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf on March 18, 1892, in Heidelberg. This minor planet is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 3.11 astronomical unit|AU with a period of 5.486 yr and an orbital eccentricity of 0.106. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 16.1° to the plane of the ecliptic.[2]

Analysis of the light curve generated from photometric data collected in March 2012 provide a rotation period estimate of 10.992±0.002 h with a brightness variation of 0.32±0.02 in B magnitude.[5] A study in 2022 found a classification of Cgh for 328 Gudrun, suggesting this is a dark, carbonaceous asteroid.[4]

References

  1. "Gudrun". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gudrun. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "328 Gudrun". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_lookup.html#/?sstr=20000328. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science 73 (1): 98–118, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009, Bibcode2012P&SS...73...98C.  See Table 1.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Hasegawa, Sunao (November 2022), "Spectral Evolution of Dark Asteroid Surfaces Induced by Space Weathering over a Decade", The Astrophysical Journal Letters 939 (1): id. L9, doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac92e4, Bibcode2022ApJ...939L...9H. 
  5. Schmidt, Richard E. (July 2012), "The Rotation Period of 328 Gudrun", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 39 (3): p. 109, Bibcode2012MPBu...39..109S.