Astronomy:495 Eulalia

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Short description: Main-belt asteroid
495 Eulalia
000495-asteroid shape model (495) Eulalia.png
Modelled shape of Eulalia from its lightcurve
Discovery
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery siteHeidelberg Observatory
Discovery date25 October 1902
Designations
(495) Eulalia
Pronunciation/jˈlliə/
Named afterthe discoverer's wife's grandmother[1]
1902 KG
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc113.10 yr (41309 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.8101 astronomical unit|AU (420.38 Gm)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.1645 AU (323.80 Gm)
2.4873 AU (372.09 Gm)
Eccentricity0.12977
Orbital period3.92 yr (1432.8 d)
Mean anomaly5.5120°
Mean motion0° 15m 4.536s / day
Inclination2.2795°
Longitude of ascending node186.478°
206.971°
Physical characteristics
Mean radius19.425±0.7 km
Rotation period28.967 h (1.2070 d)
Geometric albedo0.0571±0.004
Absolute magnitude (H)10.78


Eulalia (minor planet designation: 495 Eulalia) is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt. Eulalia is very near the 3:1 Jupiter orbital resonance.[3]

Origin of 162173 Ryugu may be either 495 Eulalia or 142 Polana[4]
   Sun ·    Earth ·    162173 Ryugu ·    142 Polana ·    495 Eulalia

It is possible that the disruption of Eulalia's parent body resulted in a mass bombardment of the Earth and Moon 800 million years ago, forming the Copernicus crater on the Moon and involving about 50 times the amount of material of the Chicxulub impact on Earth at the beginning of the Cryogenian geological period.[5]

References

  1. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(495) Eulalia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (495) Eulalia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 54. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_496. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. 
  2. "495 Eulalia (1902 KG)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=495;cad=1. 
  3. Walsh, Kevin (2013). "Introducing the Eulalia and new Polana asteroid families: re-assessing primitive asteroid families in the inner Main Belt". Icarus 225 (1): 783–297. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2013.03.005. Bibcode2013Icar..225..283W. 
  4. S. Sugita (19 Mar 2019). "The geomorphology, color, and thermal properties of Ryugu: Implications for parent-body processes". Science 364 (6437): eaaw0422. doi:10.1126/science.aaw0422. PMID 30890587. PMC 7370239. Bibcode2019Sci...364..252S. http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/29363/1/Sugita_20190308v4-edited.pdf. 
  5. Terada, K., Morota, T. & Kato, M. Asteroid shower on the Earth-Moon system immediately before the Cryogenian period revealed by KAGUYA. Nature Communications 11, 3453 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17115-6

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