Astronomy:846 Lipperta

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846 Lipperta
Discovery[1]
Discovered byGyllenberg, K.
Bergedorf
Discovery date26 November 1916
Designations
(846) Lipperta
Minor planet categoryMain belt[1]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc99.23 yr (36245 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}3.6963 astronomical unit|AU (552.96 Gm) (Q)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.5562 AU (382.40 Gm) (q)
3.1262 AU (467.67 Gm) (a)
Eccentricity0.18235 (e)
Orbital period5.53 yr (2019.0 d)
Mean anomaly27.575° (M)
Mean motion0° 10m 41.916s / day (n)
Inclination0.26427° (i)
Longitude of ascending node261.44° (Ω)
129.22° (ω)
Physical characteristics
Mean radius26.205±0.7 km (IRAS)
Mass1.5×1017 kg (assumed)
Rotation period1,641 h (68.4 d)[1][2]
Geometric albedo0.0506±0.003[1]
Absolute magnitude (H)10.26[1]


846 Lipperta is a Themistian asteroid.

Based on lightcurve studies, Lipperta has a rotation period of 1641 hours, but this figure is based on less than full coverage, so that the period may be wrong by 30 percent or so.[1] The lack of variation in brightness could be caused by (a) very slow rotation, (b) near pole-on viewing aspect, or (c) a spherical body with uniform albedo.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 846 Lipperta (1916 AT)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=846. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Buchheim, Robert K.; Gartrelle, Gordon M. (July 2011). "846 Lipperta: A Very Slow Rotator". The Minor Planet Bulletin 38 (3): 151–153. ISSN 1052-8091. Bibcode2011MPBu...38..151B. 

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