Astronomy:8441 Lapponica

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8441 Lapponica
Orbit 8441 Lapponica.png
orbit
Discovery [1]
Discovered byC. J. van Houten
I. van Houten-G.
T. Gehrels
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date16 October 1977
Designations
(8441) Lapponica
Pronunciation/ləˈpɒnɪkə/
Named afterBar-tailed godwit [2]
(A shorebird)
4008 T-3 · 1953 EC1
1989 LP
Minor planet categorymain-belt [1][3] · (inner)
background [4] · Flora [5]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc65.13 yr (23,788 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.4945 AU
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}1.8857 AU
2.1901 AU
Eccentricity0.1390
Orbital period3.24 yr (1,184 d)
Mean anomaly9.5854°
Mean motion0° 18m 14.76s / day
Inclination4.9910°
Longitude of ascending node97.923°
86.900°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter4.50 km (calculated)[5]
Rotation period3.27±0.01 h[6]
3.275±0.001 h[7]
Geometric albedo0.24 (assumed)[5]
L (Pan-STARRS)[8]
L (SDSS-MOC)[9]
S (assumed)[5]
Absolute magnitude (H)13.9[1][3][5]
13.99±0.23[8]


8441 Lapponica, provisional designation 4008 T-3, is a background asteroid from the Florian region of the inner asteroid belt, approximately 4.5 kilometers (3 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 16 October 1977, by Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory in California.[1] The L-type asteroid has a rotation period of 3.27 hours.[5] It was named for the Bar-tailed godwit, a shorebird also known by its Latin name Limosa lapponica.[2]

Orbit and classification

Lapponica is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements.[4] Based on osculating Keplerian orbital elements, the asteroid has also been classified as a member of the Flora family (402), a giant asteroid family and the largest family of stony asteroids in the main-belt.[5]

The asteroid orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,184 days; semi-major axis of 2.19 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.14 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[3] The body's observation arc begins with its first observation as 1953 EC1 at Goethe Link Observatory in March 1953, more than 24 years prior to its official discovery observation.[1]

Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey

Physical characteristics

Lapponica has been characterized as an L-type asteroid in the SDSS-based taxonomy and by Pan-STARRS' survey.[8][9] It is also an assumed S-type asteroid.[5]

Rotation period

In 2008, two rotational lightcurves of Lapponica were obtained from photometric observations by French amateur astronomer Pierre Antonini and by Maurice Clark at the Montgomery College Observatory in Maryland. Analysis of the best-rated lightcurve gave a rotation period of 3.27 hours with a consolidated brightness amplitude between 0.29 and 0.50 magnitude ({{{1}}}).[5][6][7]

Diameter and albedo

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora, the parent body of the Flora family – and calculates a diameter of 4.50 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.9.[5]

Naming

This minor planet was named for the bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) a migratory bird of the family Scolopacidae.[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 2 February 1999 (M.P.C. 33791) and revised on 2 April 1999 (M.P.C. 34089).[10]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "8441 Lapponica (4008 T-3)". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=8441. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(8441) Lapponica". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (8441) Lapponica. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 650. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_7029. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 8441 Lapponica (4008 T-3)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2008441. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Asteroid 8441 Lapponica". Small Bodies Data Ferret. https://sbntools.psi.edu/ferret/SimpleSearch/results.action?targetName=8441+Lapponica. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 "LCDB Data for (8441) Lapponica". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=8441%7CLapponica. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (8441) Lapponica". Geneva Observatory. http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page5cou.html#008441. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Clark, Maurice (October 2008). "Asteroid Lightcurve Observations". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 152–154. ISSN 1052-8091. Bibcode: 2008MPBu...35..152C. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2008MPBu...35..152C. Retrieved 27 May 2018. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 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. Bibcode: 2015Icar..261...34V. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Carvano, J. M.; Hasselmann, P. H.; Lazzaro, D.; Mothé-Diniz, T. (February 2010). "SDSS-based taxonomic classification and orbital distribution of main belt asteroids". Astronomy and Astrophysics 510: 12. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913322. Bibcode: 2010A&A...510A..43C. https://sbnarchive.psi.edu/pds3/non_mission/EAR_A_I0035_5_SDSSTAX_V1_1/data/sdsstax_ast_table.tab. Retrieved 30 October 2019.  (PDS data set)
  10. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. 
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