Astronomy:13058 Alfredstevens
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. W. Elst |
| Discovery site | La Silla Obs. |
| Discovery date | 19 November 1990 |
| Designations | |
| (13058) Alfredstevens | |
| Named after | Alfred Stevens (Belgian painter)[2] |
| 1990 WN3 · 1992 GB7 1992 HB6 | |
| Minor planet category | main-belt · Vesta[3] |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 26.45 yr (9,662 days) |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.6314 AU |
| |{{{apsis}}}|helion}} | 2.0871 AU |
| 2.3593 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1154 |
| Orbital period | 3.62 yr (1,324 days) |
| Mean anomaly | 154.40° |
| Mean motion | 0° 16m 19.2s / day |
| Inclination | 6.1063° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 197.09° |
| 214.67° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 2.601±0.409 km[4][5] 3.06 km (calculated)[3] |
| Rotation period | 4.2993±0.0057 h[6] |
| Geometric albedo | 0.20 (assumed)[3] 0.344±0.082[4][5] |
| S[3] | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.5[1] · 15.23±0.26[7] · 14.7[4] · 14.483±0.004 (R)[6] · 14.93[3] |
13058 Alfredstevens, provisional designation 1990 WN3, is a stony Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Northern Chile, on 19 November 1990.[8] The asteroid was named for Belgian painter Alfred Stevens.[2]
Orbit and classification
Based on its orbital elements, Alfredstevens is a member of the Vesta family, a group of asteroids that originated from a massive impact on the Southern Hemnisphere of 4 Vesta, the family's namesake. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.1–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 7 months (1,324 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.12 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]
The body's observation arc begins just five days prior to its official discovery observation, with a precovery taken at Palomar Observatory on 14 November 1990.[8]
Physical characteristics
Lightcurves
In January 2013, a rotational lightcurve of Alfredstevens was obtained from photometric observations in the R-band by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 4.2993 hours with a brightness variation of 0.45 magnitude ({{{1}}}).[6]
Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Alfredstevens measures 2.6 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a high albedo of 0.34,[4][5] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a larger diameter of 3.1 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 14.93.[3]
Naming
This minor planet was named in honor of Belgian painter Alfred Stevens (1823–1906), known for his paintings of elegant modern women.[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 30 January 2010 (M.P.C. 68446).[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 13058 Alfredstevens (1990 WN3)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2013058.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (13058) Alfredstevens. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 835. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=aeAg1X7afOoC&pg=PA835. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "LCDB Data for (13058) Alfredstevens". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=13058%7CAlfredstevens.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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 12 May 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Dailey, J. et al. (November 2011). "Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters". The Astrophysical Journal 741 (2): 20. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68. Bibcode: 2011ApJ...741...68M. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2011ApJ...741...68M. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Waszczak, Adam; Chang, Chan-Kao; Ofek, Eran O.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Levitan, David et al. (September 2015). "Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry". The Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 35. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. Bibcode: 2015AJ....150...75W. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2015AJ....150...75W. Retrieved 12 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 12 May 2016.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "13058 Alfredstevens (1990 WN3)". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=13058.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html.
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
- 13058 Alfredstevens at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 13058 Alfredstevens at the JPL Small-Body Database
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