Astronomy:797 Montana
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | H. Thiele |
| Discovery site | Bergedorf Obs. |
| Discovery date | 17 November 1914 |
| Designations | |
| (797) Montana | |
| Pronunciation | /mɒnˈtænə/[3] |
| Named after | Bergedorf Observatory Latin for "mountain village"[2] |
| 1914 VR · 1953 JG 1957 MG · A898 WA | |
| Minor planet category | main-belt · (middle) |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 101.83 yr (37,194 days) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.6904 AU |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.3793 AU |
| 2.5348 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0614 |
| Orbital period | 4.04 yr (1,474 days) |
| Mean anomaly | 277.77° |
| Mean motion | 0° 14m 39.12s / day |
| Inclination | 4.5102° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 238.35° |
| 355.40° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 19.20±0.49 km[4] 21.197±0.208[5] 21.678±0.046 km[6] 21.91±0.41 km[7] 25.41 km (calculated)[8] |
| Rotation period | 4.5 h (dated)[9] 4.54619±0.00005 h[10] 4.5462±0.0004 h[11] 4.5463±0.0002 h[11] 4.55±0.01 h[12] |
| Geometric albedo | 0.20 (assumed)[8] 0.281±0.012[7] 0.287±0.045[5] 0.2878±0.0282[6] 0.350±0.051[4] |
| B–V = 0.887[1] U–B = 0.505[1] S (Tholen)[1] S (SMASS)[1] | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.34[1][4][6][7][8] · 10.34±0.28[13] |
797 Montana, provisional designation 1914 VR, is a stony asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 17 November 1914, by Danish astronomer Holger Thiele at Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg, Germany.[14] It was later named for the discovering observatory.[2]
Classification and orbit
Montana is a stony asteroid that orbits the Sun in the middle main-belt at a distance of 2.4–2.7 AU once every 4.04 years (1,474 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.06 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The first identification at Heidelberg dates back to 1898 (A898 WA / 1898 WA), while the asteroid's observation arc begins two months after its discovery with the first used observation made at Bergedorf in 1915.[14]
Physical characteristics
In both the Tholen and SMASS taxonomy, Montana is a common stony S-type asteroid.[1]
Rotation period
Between 2003 and 2007, three rotational lightcurves of Montana were obtained from photometric observations made by amateur astronomers René Roy, Horacio Correia, Laurent Bernasconi, and Richard Ditteon. All three lightcurves gave a well-defined rotation period of 4.55 hours with a brightness variation between 0.32 and 0.41 magnitude ({{{1}}}).[11][12]
Diameter and albedo
According to the space-based surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Montana's surface has an albedo of 0.28–0.35 and its diameter measures between 19.2 and 21.9 kilometers,[4][5][6][7] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a somewhat larger diameter of 25.4 kilometers, as the lower the albedo, the larger the body's diameter at a constant absolute magnitude.[8]
Naming
This minor planet was named in honor of the Bergedorf Observatory. It was the observatory's first ever made discovery. "Montana" means "mountain village" in Latin and literally translates to "Bergedorf" in German (H 79).[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 797 Montana (1914 VR)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2000797.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(797) Montana". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (797) Montana. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 74. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_798. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ↑ "Montana". Montana. Oxford University Press. http://www.lexico.com/definition/Montana.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C. et al. (November 2012). "Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 759 (1): 5. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Bibcode: 2012ApJ...759L...8M. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2012ApJ...759L...8M. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Masiero, Joseph R.; Grav, T.; Mainzer, A. K.; Nugent, C. R.; Bauer, J. M.; Stevenson, R. et al. (August 2014). "Main-belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE: Near-infrared Albedos". The Astrophysical Journal 791 (2): 11. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121. Bibcode: 2014ApJ...791..121M. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2014ApJ...791..121M. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; Tholen, D. et al. (November 2011). "NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results". The Astrophysical Journal 741 (2): 25. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Bibcode: 2011ApJ...741...90M. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2011ApJ...741...90M. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; Ootsubo, Takafumi et al. (October 2011). "Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 63 (5): 1117–1138. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. Bibcode: 2011PASJ...63.1117U. (online, AcuA catalog p. 153)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 "LCDB Data for (797) Montana". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=797%7CMontana.
- ↑ Angeli, C. A.; Guimarã; es, T. A.; Lazzaro, D.; Duffard, R.; Fernández, S. et al. (April 2001). "Rotation Periods for Small Main-Belt Asteroids From CCD Photometry". The Astronomical Journal 121 (4): 2245–2252. doi:10.1086/319936. Bibcode: 2001AJ....121.2245A. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2001AJ....121.2245A. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ↑ Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Oszkiewicz, D. A.; Behrend, R.; Carry, B.; Delbo, M. et al. (February 2016). "New and updated convex shape models of asteroids based on optical data from a large collaboration network". Astronomy and Astrophysics 586: 24. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527441. Bibcode: 2016A&A...586A.108H. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2016A&A...586A.108H. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (797) Montana". Geneva Observatory. http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page3cou.html#000797.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Ditteon, Richard; Hirsch, Brian; Kirkpatrick, Elaine; Kramb, Stephen; Kropf, Matthew; Meehl, Joshua et al. (September 2004). "2003-04 winter observing campaign at Rose-Hulman Institute. Results for 797 Montana, 3227 Hasegawa, 3512 Eriepa, 4159 Freeman, 5234 Sechenov, and (5892) 1981 YS1". The Minor Planet Bulletin 31 (3): 54–56. ISSN 1052-8091. Bibcode: 2004MPBu...31...54D. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2004MPBu...31...54D. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ↑ 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 26 May 2016.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "797 Montana (1914 VR)". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=797.
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 (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 797 Montana at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 797 Montana at the JPL Small-Body Database
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