1270 Datura

1270 Datura

A three-dimensional model of 1270 Datura based on its light curve.
Discovery [1]
Discovered by George Van Biesbroeck
Discovery site Yerkes Observatory
Discovery date 17 December 1930
Designations
MPC designation 1270
Named after
 Datura stramonium
1930 YE
main belt [2]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 85.30 yr (31156 days)
Aphelion 2.70032 AU (403.962 Gm)
Perihelion 1.76837 AU (264.544 Gm)
2.23434 AU (334.253 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.208552
3.34 yr (1219.9 d)
305.236°
0° 17m 42.385s / day
Inclination 5.98563°
97.8056°
259.055°
Earth MOID 0.774929 AU (115.9277 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.74906 AU (411.254 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.604
Physical characteristics
3.4 ± 0.3 hours,[4] 3.359 h (0.1400 d) [2]
S [5]
12.5 [2][6]

    1270 Datura (1930 YE) is a S-type main-belt asteroid discovered on December 17, 1930, by George Van Biesbroeck at Yerkes Observatory.[1] This asteroid is believed to result from the collisional destruction of a larger parent body approximately 450,000 years ago.[7] It is named for the Datura plant genus.[8]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
    2. 1 2 3 "1270 Datura (1930 YE)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
    3. ↑ "(1270) Datura". AstDyS. University of Pisa. Retrieved December 11, 2008.
    4. ↑ Székely; Kiss, L; Szabo, G; Sarneczky, K; Csak, B; Varadi, M; Meszaros, S; et al. (2005). "CCD photometry of 23 minor planets" (abstract). Planetary and Space Science 53 (9): 925–936. arXiv:astro-ph/0504462. Bibcode:2005P&SS...53..925S. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2005.04.006.
    5. ↑ Naruhisa Takato (2008). "Rotation-Resolved Spectroscopy of a Very Young Asteroid, (1270) Datura". The Astrophysical Journal Letters 685 (2): L161–L163. arXiv:0808.2248. Bibcode:2008ApJ...685L.161T. doi:10.1086/592569.
    6. ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
    7. ↑ Nesvorný; Vokrouhlický, D; Bottke, WF; et al. (2006). "The Breakup of a Main-Belt Asteroid 450 Thousand Years Ago" (PDF). Science 312 (5779): 1490. Bibcode:2006Sci...312.1490N. doi:10.1126/science.1126175. PMID 16763141.
    8. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 105. ISBN 3-540-00238-3. Retrieved December 7, 2008.

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