1039 Sonneberga

1039 Sonneberga
Discovery [1]
Discovered by M. Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date 24 November 1924
Designations
MPC designation 1039 Sonneberga
Named after
 Sonneberg
(city and observatory)[2]
1924 TL · 1942 XG
1984 OK
main-belt · (middle) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 91.07 yr (33262 days)
Aphelion 2.8393 AU (424.75 Gm)
Perihelion 2.5222 AU (377.32 Gm)
2.6808 AU (401.04 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.059141
4.39 yr (1603.2 d)
191.68°
0° 13m 28.38s / day
Inclination 4.5550°
221.73°
327.28°
Earth MOID 1.52273 AU (227.797 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.12948 AU (318.566 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.370
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 36.70±1.4 km[4]
33.99±0.72 km[5]
33.919±0.128 km[6]
33.85±0.29 km[7]
36.62 km (derived)[3]
Mean radius
 18.35±0.7 km
34.2±0.03 h,[8] 34.2 h (1.43 d)[1]
0.0476±0.004[1][4]
0.059±0.003[5]
0.0430±0.0081[6]
0.042±0.009[7]
0.0363 (derived)[3]
SMASS = X
C [3]
11.5

    1039 Sonneberga, provisional designation 1924 TL, is a dark asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, about 35 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory on 24 November 1924.[9]

    The X-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.5–2.8 AU once every 4.39 years (1,603 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.06 and is tilted by 5 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 34.2 hours[8] and an geometric albedo of about 0.04, according to the surveys carried out by IRAS, Akari, WISE and NEOWISE.[4][5][6][7]

    The minor planet was named for the city of Sonneberg, Thuringia in Germany and location of the Sonneberg Observatory.[2] It was founded in 1925 by astronomer Cuno Hoffmeister after whom the minor planets 1726 Hoffmeister and 4183 Cuno are named.

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1039 Sonneberga (1924 TL)" (2015-10-15 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1039) Sonneberga. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 89. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (1039) Sonneberga". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 1 2 3 Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System. Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T. Retrieved November 2015.
    5. 1 2 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. Bibcode:2011PASJ...63.1117U. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. Retrieved November 2015.
    6. 1 2 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. arXiv:1109.6407. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Retrieved November 2015.
    7. 1 2 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. arXiv:1209.5794. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759L...8M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Retrieved November 2015.
    8. 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1039) Sonneberga". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
    9. ↑ "1039 Sonneberga (1924 TL)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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