Astronomy:(38063) 1999 FH
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Korlević M. Jurić |
| Discovery site | Višnjan Obs. |
| Discovery date | 16 March 1999 |
| Designations | |
| (38063) 1999 FH | |
| 1999 FH · 2000 SY275 | |
| Minor planet category | Mars-crosser[1][2][3] |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 25.07 yr (9,158 days) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 3.0288 AU |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 1.6559 AU |
| 2.3424 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2931 |
| Orbital period | 3.59 yr (1,309 days) |
| Mean anomaly | 324.91° |
| Mean motion | 0° 16m 29.64s / day |
| Inclination | 11.880° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 193.25° |
| 108.31° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 3.395±0.703 km[4] 3.92 km (calculated)[3] 4.17±0.42 km[5] |
| Rotation period | 990±50 h[6][lower-alpha 1] |
| Geometric albedo | 0.176±0.035[5] 0.20 (assumed)[3] 0.287±0.172[4] |
| L[7] · S[3] | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.00[7] · 14.4[1][3][4][5] · 14.50±0.13[8] |
(38063) 1999 FH is a rare-type asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, classified as Mars-crosser and exceptionally slow rotator, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 16 March 1999, by Croatian astronomers Korado Korlević and Mario Jurić at Višnjan Observatory in Croatia.[2]
Orbit and classification
1999 FH orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.7–3.0 AU once every 3 years and 7 months (1,309 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.29 and an inclination of 12° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] A first precovery was taken at Steward Observatory in 1992, extending the body's observation arc by 7 years prior to its official discovery observation.[2]
Physical characteristics
SDSS photometry characterized 1999 FH as a rare and reddish L-type, which belong to the larger complex of stony asteroids.[7]
Slow rotator and tumbler
In September 2014, American astronomer Robert Stephens obtained a rotational lightcurve from photometric observations taken at the Center for Solar System Studies (CS3, U81) in California.[lower-alpha 1] It gave an exceptionally long rotation period of 990±50 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.55 magnitude ({{{1}}}), which makes it one of the slowest rotators known to exist. It is also a suspected tumbling asteroid, which show a non-principal axis rotation.[6]
Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, 1999 FH measures 3.395 and 4.17 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.287 and 0.176, respectively.[4] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 3.92 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 14.4.[3]
Numbering and naming
This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 28 March 2002.[9] As of 2018, it has not been named.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert Stephens light-curve plot of (38063) with a rotation period 990±50 hours and a brightness amplitude of 0.55 mag
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 38063 (1999 FH)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2038063. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "38063 (1999 FH)". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=38063. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "LCDB Data for (38063)". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=38063%7C. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Nugent, C. R.; Mainzer, A.; Masiero, J.; Bauer, J.; Cutri, R. M.; Grav, T. et al. (December 2015). "NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year One: Preliminary Asteroid Diameters and Albedos". The Astrophysical Journal 814 (2): 13. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/814/2/117. Bibcode: 2015ApJ...814..117N. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2015ApJ...814..117N. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Alí-Lagoa, V.; Delbo', M. (July 2017). "Sizes and albedos of Mars-crossing asteroids from WISE/NEOWISE data". Astronomy and Astrophysics 603: 8. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629917. Bibcode: 2017A&A...603A..55A. https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2017/07/aa29917-16.pdf. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Stephens, Robert D. (January 2015). "Asteroids Observed from CS3: 2014 July - September". The Minor Planet Bulletin 42 (1): 70–74. ISSN 1052-8091. Bibcode: 2015MPBu...42...70S. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2015MPBu...42...70S. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Carry, B.; Solano, E.; Eggl, S.; DeMeo, F. E. (April 2016). "Spectral properties of near-Earth and Mars-crossing asteroids using Sloan photometry". Icarus 268: 340–354. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.12.047. Bibcode: 2016Icar..268..340C. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2016Icar..268..340C. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ 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. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2015Icar..261...34V. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info )
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (35001)-(40000) – Minor Planet Center
- (38063) 1999 FH at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- (38063) 1999 FH at the JPL Small-Body Database
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