1407 Lindelöf

1407 Lindelöf
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Y. Väisälä
Discovery site Turku Observatory
Discovery date 21 November 1936
Designations
MPC designation 1407 Lindelof
Named after
Ernst Lindelöf
(topologist)[2]
1936 WC · 1977 FL
A905 AB
main-belt · (outer)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 111.28 yr (40645 days)
Aphelion 3.5466 AU (530.56 Gm)
Perihelion 1.9919 AU (297.98 Gm)
2.7692 AU (414.27 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.28071
4.61 yr (1683.2 d)
146.41°
 12m 49.968s / day
Inclination 5.7959°
268.83°
110.23°
Earth MOID 1.00204 AU (149.903 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.97534 AU (295.507 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.272
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 20.98 km[4]
23.85±1.40 km[5]
20.31±0.32 km[6]
20.75 km (derived)[3]
Mean radius
10.49±0.8 km
31.151 h (1.2980 d)[1][7]
0.2309[4]
0.179±0.023[5]
0.187±0.017[6]
0.1791 (derived)[3]
0.2309±0.040[1]
SMASS = X
S[3]
10.9

    1407 Lindelöf, provisional designation 1936 WC, is an eccentric, rather slowly rotating asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 November 1936 by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory, Finland.[8]

    It is a X-spectral type asteroid in the SMASS taxonomy, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link considers the body to be a stony S-type asteroid. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–3.5 AU once every 4 years and 7 months (1,680 days). Its orbit shows a high eccentricity of 0.28 and is tilted by 6 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rather long rotation period of 31.151 hours[7] and an albedo of 0.18 to 0.23, according to the surveys carried out by IRAS, Akari, and WISE/NEOWISE.[4][5][6]

    The minor planet was named after Finnish topologist Ernst Leonard Lindelöf (1870–1946), who was a professor of mathematics at Helsinki University and after whom Lindelöf spaces are named.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1407 Lindelof (1936 WC)" (2015-04-09 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1407) Lindelöf. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 113. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (1407) Lindelof". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 1 2 3 Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System. Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T. Retrieved November 2015.
    5. 1 2 3 Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; et al. (October 2011). "Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 63 (5): 1117–1138. Bibcode:2011PASJ...63.1117U. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. Retrieved November 2015.
    6. 1 2 3 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; 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 November 2015.
    7. 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1407) Lindelof". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
    8. "1407 Lindelof (1936 WC)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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