13070 Seanconnery

13070 Seanconnery
Discovery [1]
Discovered by E. W. Elst
Discovery site Haute-Provence Obs.
Discovery date 8 September 1991
Designations
MPC designation 13070 Seanconnery
Named after
 Sean Connery (actor)[2]
1991 RO2 · 1127 T-1
main-belt · (inner) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 45.06 yr (16,457 days)
Aphelion 3.1077 AU
Perihelion 1.7535 AU
2.4306 AU
Eccentricity 0.2785
3.79 yr (1,384 days)
220.67°
0° 15m 36s / day
Inclination 5.6177°
205.72°
131.55°
Earth MOID 0.7501 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 1.764±0.130 km[4]
3.57 km (calculated)[3]
7.085±0.001 h[5]
0.8996±0.0955[4]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
S [3]
14.7[1]
14.6[3]
14.5[4]
15.12±0.20[6]

    13070 Seanconnery, provisional designation 1991 RO2, is an eccentric stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 8 September 1991, by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst at Haute-Provence Observatory, St. Michael, in southeast France.[7]

    The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.7–3.1 AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,382 days). Its orbit has a notable eccentricity of 0.28 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]

    In 2006, a photometric light-curve analysis at Hunters Hill Observatory (E14) in Ngunnawal, Australia, rendered a well-defined rotation period of 7.085±0.001 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.18 in magnitude (U=3-).[5] According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid has an outstandingly high albedo of 0.90 and a diameter of 1.8 kilometers.[4] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a more realistic albedo of 0.20 and calculates a diameter 3.6 kilometers, as the lower the albedo (reflectivity), the larger the asteroid's diameter, at a constant absolute magnitude (brightness).[3]

    The minor planet was named for celebrated Scottish actor and Academy Award winner Sean Connery (b. 1930), famous for portraying the character James Bond – after which the minor planet 9007 James Bond is named, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. With this minor planet, he is especially honored by the discoverer for his performance as the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville in The Name of the Rose.[2] Naming citation was published on 9 March 2001 (M.P.C. 42362).[8]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 13070 Seanconnery (1991 RO2)" (2016-04-13 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (13070) Seanconnery. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 792. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved April 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (13070) Seanconnery". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved April 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 4 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 January 2016.
    5. 1 2 Higgins, David; Goncalves, Rui M. D. (March 2007). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at Hunters Hill Observatory and Collaborating Stations - June-September 2006". The Minor Planet Bulletin 34 (1): 16–18. Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...16H. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved January 2016.
    6. ↑ 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.
    7. ↑ "13070 Seanconnery (1991 RO2)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved April 2016.
    8. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved April 2016.

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