3757 Anagolay

3757 Anagolay
Discovery [1]
Discovered by E. F. Helin
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date 14 December 1982
Designations
MPC designation 3757 Anagolay
Named after
 Anagolay
(Philippine mythology)[2]
1982 XB
Amor · NEO · PHA
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 31.62 yr (11,551 days)
Aphelion 2.6520 AU
Perihelion 1.0170 AU
1.8345 AU
Eccentricity 0.4456
2.48 yr (908 days)
104.61°
Inclination 3.8682°
74.973°
17.167°
Earth MOID 0.0369 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 0.5 km[1]
0.39 km[3]
9.012 h[4][5]
9.0046±0.0013 h[6]
0.18[1]
0.34[3]
0.26 (derived)[7]
B–V = 0.859
U–B = 0.522
Tholen = S [1]
18.95[1]
18.85[3]

    3757 Anagolay, provisional designation 1982 XB, is an eccentric, stony asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid. It belongs to the group of Amor asteroids and measures about half a kilometer in diameter. It was discovered by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the U.S. Palomar Observatory, California, on 14 December 1982.[2]

    The silicaceous S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.0–2.7 AU once every 2 years and 6 months (908 days). Its orbit shows a high eccentricity of 0.45 and an inclination of 4 degrees from the plane of the ecliptic. The asteroid is a potentially hazardous asteroid because its Earth minimum orbit intersection distance (MOID) is less than 0.05 AU and its diameter is greater than 150 meters. The Earth-MOID is 0.0369 AU (5,500,000 km). Its orbit is well-determined for the next several hundred years.[1]

    Based on light-curve observations in the 1980s, the asteroid has a rotation period of 9.012 hours and a brightness amplitude of 0.20 in magnitude.[4][5] The body's albedo lies between 0.18 and 0.34,[1][3] with the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link deriving an intermediate albedo of 0.26.[7]

    The body was named after Anagolay, the goddess of lost things worshipped by pre-Hispanic Tagalogs. In Philippine mythology, Anagolay is the daughter of the hermaphroditic agricultural deity Lakampati, who in some sources is the goddess Ikapati; the latter scenario has Anagolay's father named as Mapulon, god of the seasons.[8] The name, suggested by Filipino student Mohammad Abqary Alon, bested 85 other entries in a contest held by the Space Generation Advisory Council's "Name-An-Asteroid" campaign.[2][9]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3757 Anagolay (1982 XB)" (2014-07-30 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved February 2016.
    2. 1 2 3 "3757 Anagolay (1982 XB)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved February 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 Harris, Alan W. (February 1998). "A Thermal Model for Near-Earth Asteroids". Icarus 131 (2): 291–301. Bibcode:1998Icar..131..291H. doi:10.1006/icar.1997.5865. Retrieved February 2016.
    4. 1 2 Harris, A. W.; Young, J. W. (June 1985). "Photometric Results for Earth Approaching Asteroids.". Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society 17: 726. Bibcode:1985BAAS...17R.726H. Retrieved February 2016.
    5. 1 2 Binzel, R. P. (October 1987). "A photoelectric survey of 130 asteroids". Icarus: 135–208. Bibcode:1987Icar...72..135B. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(87)90125-4. ISSN 0019-1035. Retrieved February 2016.
    6. ↑ Harris, A. W.; Young, J. W.; Bowell, E.; Tholen, D. J. (November 1999). "Asteroid Lightcurve Observations from 1981 to 1983". Icarus 142 (1). Bibcode:1999Icar..142..173H. doi:10.1006/icar.1999.6181. Retrieved February 2016.
    7. 1 2 "LCDB Data for (3757) Anagolay". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved February 2016.
    8. ↑ University of the Philippines. Institute of Asian Studies, Philippine Center for Advanced Studies, University of the Philippines. Asian Center (1968). "Volumes 6-7". Asian Studies. Philippine Center for Advanced Studies, University of the Philippines System. p. 171. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
    9. ↑ Montenegro, Bea (9 October 2014). "New asteroid named after Philippine goddess of lost things". GMA News Online. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

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