10645 Brač

10645 Brač
Discovery [1]
Discovered by K. Korlević
Discovery site Višnjan Obs.
Discovery date 14 March 1999
Designations
MPC designation 10645 Brač
Named after
 Brač (Croatian island)[2]
1999 ES4 · 1962 TN
1968 BF · 1975 TJ1
1980 YK · 1986 EH5
1988 SX4
main-belt · Eunomia [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 53.45 yr (19,522 days)   
Aphelion 3.1406 AU
Perihelion 2.1785 AU
2.6596 AU
Eccentricity 0.1808
4.34 yr (1,584 days)
89.131°
0° 13m 37.92s / day
Inclination 12.532°
351.61°
44.566°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 10.26±0.11 km[4]
9.60 km (calculated)[3]
2.78592±0.00003 h[5]
2.785±0.005 h[6]
0.202±0.038[4]
0.21 (assumed)[3]
S [3] · LS [7]
12.5[1]
12.4[3]
12.3[4]
12.41±0.50[7]

    10645 Brač, provisional designation 1999 ES4, is a stony Eunomia asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, about 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Croatian astronomer Korado Korlević at Višnjan Observatory, Croatia, on 14 March 1999.[8]

    The asteroid is a member of the Eunomia family, a large group of S-type asteroids and the most prominent family in the intermediate main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.2–3.1 AU once every 4 years and 4 months (1,584 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 13° with respect to the plane of the ecliptic.[1] Due to a precovery taken at the U.S. Goethe Link Observatory, Indiana, the asteroid's observation arc already begins in 1962, decades before its actual discovery.[8]

    In October 2014, photometric observations by Italian astronomer Silvano Casulli gave a rotational light-curve with a period of 2.78592±0.00003 hours and a brightness amplitude of 0.31 in magnitude (U=3-).[5] Three weeks later, a second light-curve was obtained at the U.S. Etscorn Campus Observatory in New Mexico, rendering a concurring period of 2.785±0.005 with an identical variation in brightness (U=3-).[6]

    According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, the asteroid measures 10.3 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.202±0.038,[4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) assumes an albedo of 0.21 and calculates a diameter of 9.6 kilometers.[3] A large-scale survey by Pan-STARRS (PS1) assigns an LS-type, presumably an intermediary spectral type between common stony S-types and the rather rare and reddish L-type asteroids.[7]

    The minor planet was named after the Croatian island of Brač, the largest Dalmatian island in the Adriatic sea, and the place where the Pustinja Blaca Hermitage Observatory is located.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 10645 Brac (1999 ES4)" (2016-03-16 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (10645) Brač, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 55. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8. Retrieved April 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (10645) Brac". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved April 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 4 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 April 2016.
    5. 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (10645) Brac". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved April 2016.
    6. 1 2 Klinglesmith, Daniel A.; DeHart, Austin; Hanowell, Jesse; Hendrickx, Sebastian (April 2015). "Asteroids at Etscorn Campus Observatory: 2014 September - December". The Minor Planet Bulletin 42 (2): 101–104. Bibcode:2015MPBu...42..101K. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved April 2016.
    7. 1 2 3 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 April 2016.
    8. 1 2 "10645 Brac (1999 ES4)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved April 2016.

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