Astronomy:488 Kreusa

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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
Kreusa
Discovery[1]
Discovered byMax Wolf
Luigi Carnera
Discovery siteHeidelberg
Discovery date26 June 1902
Designations
(488) Kreusa
Pronunciation/krˈsə/[2]
1902 JG, 1947 KH,
1977 YD, A901 CA, A905 XA[1]
Minor planet categoryAsteroid belt
Orbital characteristics[1][3]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc115.18 yr (42068 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}3.67325 astronomical unit|AU (549.510 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.66507 AU (398.689 Gm)
3.16916 AU (474.100 Gm)
Eccentricity0.15906084
Orbital period5.64 yr (2060.7 d)
Mean anomaly197.66463°
Mean motion0° 10m 28.913s / day
Inclination11.517875°
Longitude of ascending node84.23348°
71.36554°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius75.065±3.2 km[1]
81.16 ± 4.77 km[4]
Mass(2.48 ± 1.14) × 1018 kg[4]
Mean density1.10 ± 0.54 g/cm3[4]
Rotation period32.666 h (1.3611 d)[1]
Geometric albedo0.0589±0.005[1]
C (Tholen)[1]
B−V=0.691±0.06[1]
U−B=0.368±0.030[1]
Absolute magnitude (H)7.81[1]


Kreusa (minor planet designation: 488 Kreusa) is a C-type asteroid orbiting the Sun in the asteroid belt, with the type indicating a surface with a low albedo and high carbonaceous content. The spectra of the asteroid displays evidence of aqueous alteration.[5]

In 2002, Kreusa was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.67 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 150±21 km.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "488 Kreusa (1902 JG)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=488;cad=1. 
  2. "Creüsa". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/Cre%C3%BCsa. 
  3. AstDys-2 on (488) Kreusa Retrieved 2012-01-03
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 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.
  5. Fornasier, S. et al. (February 1999), "Spectroscopic comparison of aqueous altered asteroids with CM2 carbonaceous chondrite meteorites", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement 135: 65−73, doi:10.1051/aas:1999161, Bibcode1999A&AS..135...65F. 
  6. Magri, Christopher et al. (January 2007), "A radar survey of main-belt asteroids: Arecibo observations of 55 objects during 1999 2003", Icarus 186 (1): 126–151, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.018, Bibcode2007Icar..186..126M, http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/MBAs/magri.etal.2007.mbas.pdf, retrieved 2015-04-14. 

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