1414 Jérôme

1414 Jérôme
Discovery[1]
Discovered by L. Boyer
Discovery site Algiers Observatory
Discovery date 12 February 1937
Designations
MPC designation 1414 Jerome
Named after
Jérôme Boyer
(father of discoverer)[2]
1937 CE · 1951 EO1
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 79.18 yr (28921 days)
Aphelion 3.2350 AU (483.95 Gm)
Perihelion 2.3360 AU (349.46 Gm)
2.7855 AU (416.70 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.16138
4.65 yr (1698.1 d)
24.951°
 12m 43.236s / day
Inclination 8.8570°
143.78°
2.9028°
Earth MOID 1.34679 AU (201.477 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.77956 AU (266.218 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.295
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 17.24 km[3]
Mean radius
8.62±0.65 km
0.0652,[3] 0.0652±0.011[1]
SMASS = Ch
13.0

    1414 Jérôme, provisional designation 1937 CE, is a somewhat eccentric, carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 17 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 12 February 1937 by French astronomer Louis Boyer at Algiers Observatory, Algeria, in northern Africa.[4]

    The dark C-type asteroid, classified as a Ch-subtype in the SMASS classification scheme, which have a typical absorption feature in the visible red light, orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.3–3.2 AU once every 4 years and 8 months (1,697 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.16 and is tilted by 9 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic.[1] It has an albedo of 0.065.[3] Although the body's diameter and albedo were measured by four observations made by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite, IRAS, little is known about the asteroid, with its rotation period remaining unknown, despite having a well-observed orbit with the lowest possible uncertainty, or condition code, of 0 and an observation arc that spans over a period of almost 80 years.

    The minor planet was named by the discoverer in honour of his father, Jérôme Boyer.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1414 Jerome (1937 CE)" (2015-10-19 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1414) Jérôme. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 114. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 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.
    4. "1414 Jerome (1937 CE)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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