1318 Nerina

Nerina

Discovery
Discovered by	C. Jackson
Discovery site	Johannesburg (UO)
Discovery date	24 March 1934
Designations
MPC designation	1318
Named after	Nerine
Alternative names	1934 FG
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	81.41 yr (29736 days)
Aphelion	2.7779044 AU (415.56858 Gm)
Perihelion	1.8375161 AU (274.88850 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.307710 AU (345.2285 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.2037492
Orbital period	3.51 yr (1280.5 d)
Mean anomaly	177.46946°
Mean motion	0° 16^m 52.126^s / day
Inclination	24.66455°
Longitude of ascending node	358.33141°
Argument of perihelion	196.15758°
Earth MOID	0.845756 AU (126.5233 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.20728 AU (330.204 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.440
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	13 km[1]
Mean radius	6.51±0.3 km
Rotation period	2.5280 h (0.10533 d)
Sidereal rotation period	2.5280 h[1]
Geometric albedo	0.1811±0.017[1]
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.3[1]

1318 Nerina (1934 FG) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 24, 1934, by C. Jackson at Johannesburg (UO).^[1] There have been many lightcurve studies.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} It is a high inclination X-class asteroid and a probable interloper into the Phocaea family.^[7][8]

References

1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1318 Nerina". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
2. "CCD Photometry and Lightcurve Analysis of 1318 Nerina, 4175 Billbaum and 5168 Jenner from Observatori Carmelita (MPC B20) in Tiana". Minor Planet Bulletin 38: 158. 2011. Bibcode:2011MPBu...38..158A.
3. "Lightcurve Results for 1318 Nerina, 222 Lermontov 3015 Candy, 3089 Oujianquan, 3155 Lee, 6410 Fujiwara, 6500 Kodaira, (8290) 1992 NP, 9566 Rykhlova, (42923) 1999 SR18, and 2001 FY". Minor Planet Bulletin 34: 19. 2007. Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...19C.
4. "Photometry of Minor Planets. I. Rotation Periods from Lightcurve Analysis for Seven Main-belt Asteroids". Minor Planet Bulletin 40: 224. 2013. Bibcode:2013MPBu...40..224F.
5. "Asteroids Observed from GMARS and Santana Observatories: 2011 January-March". Minor Planet Bulletin 38: 165. 2011. Bibcode:2011MPBu...38..165S.
6. "Asteroids Observed from the Shed of Science Observatory 2010 October - 2011 April". Minor Planet Bulletin 38: 167. 2011. Bibcode:2011MPBu...38..167D.
7. "An analysis of the region of the Phocaea dynamical family". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 398: 1512–1526. 2009. Bibcode:2009MNRAS.398.1512C. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15220.x.
8. "Families among high-inclination asteroids". Icarus 216: 69–81. 2011. arXiv:1108.3740. Bibcode:2011Icar..216...69N. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.016.

External links

• 1318 Nerina at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters