1186 Turnera
Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | C. Jackson |
Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
Discovery date | 1 August 1929 |
Designations | |
(1186) Turnera | |
Named after | Herbert Hall Turner (British astronomer)[2] |
1929 PL · 1930 UO 1930 WL · 1932 CC A919 SE | |
main-belt · (outer) Eos[3][4] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 87.93 yr (32,115 days) |
Aphelion | 3.3314 |
Perihelion | 2.7190 |
3.0252 | |
Eccentricity | 0.1012 |
5.26 yr (1,922 days) | |
252.20° | |
0° 11m 14.28s / day | |
Inclination | 10.752° |
42.988° | |
295.00° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 34.290±0.275 km[5] 35.56±2.0 km[6] 37.17±7.78 km[7] 39.06±0.57 km[8] 39.19±1.25 km[9] 39.691±0.354 km[10] |
12.010 h[11] 12.066±0.004 h[12][a] 12.085±0.001 h[13] 15±2 h[14] | |
0.12±0.04[7] 0.2350±0.0371[10] 0.240±0.026[9] 0.247±0.008[8] 0.2919±0.036[6] | |
S (Tholen)[1] · S[3] Sq (SMASS)[1] B–V = 0.790[3] U–B = 0.430[3] | |
9.20[1][3][6][7][8][9][10] 9.90±0.38[15] | |
1186 Turnera, provisional designation 1929 PL, is a stony Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 36 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 1 August 1929, by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg.[16] The asteroid was later named after British astronomer Herbert Hall Turner.[2]
Classification and orbit
[edit]Turnera is a member of the Eos family (606), the largest asteroid family in the outer main-belt with nearly 10,000 known members.[4][17]: 23 It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.3
Physical characteristics
[edit]In the Tholen classification, Turnera is a common, stony S-type asteroid. In the SMASS classification, it is a Sq-type that transitions to the Q-type asteroids.[1] Generically, Eoan asteroids are also characterized as K-type asteroids with an albedo of 0.13.[17]: 23
Lightcurves
[edit]In January 2016, the best-rated rotational lightcurve of Turnera was obtained from photometric observations by the Spanish amateur astronomer group OBAS, Observadores de Asteroids. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 12.085 hours with a brightness variation of 0.31 magnitude (U=3).[13] Previously, American astronomer Brian Warner obtained a similar period of 12.066 hours and an amplitude of 0.34 magnitude at his Palmer Divide Observatory (716) in Colorado (U=2+).[12][a]
Other lightcurve observations were made by French amateur astronomer Laurent Bernasconi (15±2 hours;
Diameter and albedo
[edit]According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite, and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Turnera measures between 34.290 and 39.691 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.12 and 0.2919.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts the results obtained by IRAS, that is, an albedo of 0.2919 and a diameter of 35.56 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 9.20.[3]
Naming
[edit]This minor planet was named after British astronomer Herbert Hall Turner (1861–1930), director of the Radcliffe Observatory at University of Oxford.[2] He is also credited with coining the term "parsec". The official naming citation was published in Paul Herget's The Names of the Minor Planets in 1955 (H 110).[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Lightcurve plot of 1186 Turnera, Palmer Divide Observatory, Brian D. Warner (2006)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1186 Turnera (1929 PL)" (2017-07-05 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1186) Turnera". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 99. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1187. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (1186) Turnera". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Asteroid 1186 Turnera – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ a b 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. arXiv:1406.6645. Bibcode:2014ApJ...791..121M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System. 12: IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d 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. arXiv:1509.02522. Bibcode:2015ApJ...814..117N. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/814/2/117. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d 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. Bibcode:2011PASJ...63.1117U. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. (online, AcuA catalog p. 153)
- ^ a b c d 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. arXiv:1209.5794. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759L...8M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d 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. arXiv:1109.6407. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90.
- ^ a b Barucci, M. A.; di Martino, M.; Fulchignoni, M. (May 1992). "Rotational properties of small asteroids - Photoelectric observations". Astronomical Journal. 103: 1679–1686. Bibcode:1992AJ....103.1679B. doi:10.1086/116185. ISSN 0004-6256.
- ^ a b Warner, Brian D.; Higgins, David (December 2006). "The lightcurves of 1043 Beate and 1186 Turnera". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 33 (4): 104–105. Bibcode:2006MPBu...33..104W. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b Aznar Macias, Amadeo; Carreno Garcerain, Alfonso; Arce Masego, Enrique; Brines Rodriguez, Pedro; Lozano de Haro, Juan; Fornas Silva, Alvaro; et al. (July 2016). "Twenty-one Asteroid Lightcurves at Group Observadores de Asteroides (OBAS): Late 2015 to Early 2016". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 43 (3): 257–263. Bibcode:2016MPBu...43..257A. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1186) Turnera". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 17 August 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. arXiv:1506.00762. Bibcode:2015Icar..261...34V. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b "1186 Turnera (1929 PL)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b Nesvorný, D.; Broz, M.; Carruba, V. (December 2014). "Identification and Dynamical Properties of Asteroid Families". Asteroids IV. pp. 297–321. arXiv:1502.01628. Bibcode:2015aste.book..297N. doi:10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816532131-ch016. ISBN 9780816532131.
External links
[edit]- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- 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
- 1186 Turnera at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 1186 Turnera at the JPL Small-Body Database