1376 Michelle

1376 Michelle
Discovery [1]
Discovered by G. Reiss
Discovery site Algiers Observatory
Discovery date 29 October 1935
Designations
MPC designation 1376 Michelle
Named after
 Michelle Reiss
(daughter of discoverer)[2]
1935 UH · 1931 JK
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 80.43 yr (29377 days)
Aphelion 2.7085 AU (405.19 Gm)
Perihelion 1.7465 AU (261.27 Gm)
2.2275 AU (333.23 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.21595
3.32 yr (1214.3 d)
157.60°
0° 17m 47.292s / day
Inclination 3.5517°
163.47°
156.07°
Earth MOID 0.733741 AU (109.7661 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.59674 AU (388.467 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.611
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 7.053±0.119 km[4]
7.104 km[5]
7.10 km (taken)[3]
5.9748 h (0.24895 d)[1][6]
6.0±0.5 h[7]
5.9766±0.0004 h[8]
5.9769±0.0005 h[9]
0.2669±0.0578[4]
0.263[5]
S [3]
12.4

    1376 Michelle, provisional designation 1935 UH, is a somewhat eccentric, stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by French astronomer Guy Reiss at the Algerian Algiers Observatory in northern Africa on 29 October 1935.[10]

    The asteroid is a member of the Flora family, a large group of S-type asteroids in the inner main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.7–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,214 days). Its orbit shows a notable eccentricity of 0.22 and is tilted by 4 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a refined rotation period of 6.0 hours[6][9] and an albedo of about 0.26, based on observations by the space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission.[4][5]

    The asteroid was named after the third daughter of the discoverer, Michelle Reiss.[2] The discoverer also named 1237 Geneviève and 1300 Marcelle after two of his daughters.

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1376 Michelle (1935 UH)" (2015-10-09 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1376) Michelle. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 111. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 "LCDB Data for (1376) Michelle". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 1 2 3 Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; 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.
    5. 1 2 3 Pravec, Petr; Harris, Alan W.; Kusnirák, Peter; Galád, Adrián; Hornoch, Kamil (September 2012). "Absolute magnitudes of asteroids and a revision of asteroid albedo estimates from WISE thermal observations". Icarus 221 (1): 365–387. Bibcode:2012Icar..221..365P. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.07.026. Retrieved November 2015.
    6. 1 2 Hamanowa, Hiromi; Hamanowa, Hiroko (July 2009). "Lightcurves of 494 Virtus, 556 Phyllis, 624 Hektor 657 Gunlod, 111 Reinmuthia, 1188 Gothlandia, and 1376 Michelle". The Minor Planet Bulletin 36 (3): 87–88. Bibcode:2009MPBu...36...87H. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved November 2015.
    7. ↑ Wisniewski, W. Z.; Michalowski, T. M.; Harris, A. W.; McMillan, R. S. (March 1995). "Photoelectric Observations of 125 Asteroids". Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Bibcode:1995LPI....26.1511W. Retrieved November 2015.
    8. ↑ Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1376) Michelle". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
    9. 1 2 Kryszczynska, A.; Colas, F.; Polinska, M.; Hirsch, R.; Ivanova, V.; et al. (October 2012). "Do Slivan states exist in the Flora family?. I. Photometric survey of the Flora region". Astronomy & Astrophysics 546: 51. Bibcode:2012A&A...546A..72K. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219199. Retrieved November 2015.
    10. ↑ "1376 Michelle (1935 UH)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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