1490 Limpopo

1490 Limpopo

Light-curve-based 3D-model of 1490 Limpopo
Discovery [1]
Discovered by C. Jackson
Discovery site Johannesburg Obs.
Discovery date 14 June 1936
Designations
MPC designation 1490 Limpopo
Named after
 Limpopo River[2]
1936 LB · 1931 BL
1937 WJ · 1937 YK
1947 ND · 1965 OD
main-belt · (inner) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 85.25 yr (31138 days)
Aphelion 2.7184 AU (406.67 Gm)
Perihelion 1.9870 AU (297.25 Gm)
2.3527 AU (351.96 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.15542
3.61 yr (1318.1 d)
9.2120°
0° 16m 23.232s / day
Inclination 10.019°
254.28°
90.845°
Earth MOID 1.00941 AU (151.006 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.71621 AU (406.339 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.520
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 18.58 km[4]
20.21±0.36 km[5]
16.358±0.045 km[6]
19.35±0.27 km[7]
18.55 km (derived)[3]
Mean radius
 9.29±0.7 km
6.647 h (0.2770 d)[1][8]
6.426±0.003 h[9]
6.15±0.1 h[10]
0.0811[4]
0.069±0.003[5]
0.1048±0.0332[6]
0.068±0.011[7]
0.0742 (derived)[3]
0.0811±0.014[1]
SMASS = Xc
X [3]
12.1

    1490 Limpopo, provisional designation 1936 LB, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by English-born South Africa astronomer Cyril Jackson at Union Observatory, Johannesburg, on 14 June 1936.[11]

    The X-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.7 AU once every 3.61 years (1,318 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.16 and is tilted by 10 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 6.2 to 6.6 hours.[8][9][10] According to the surveys carried out by IRAS, Akari, WISE and NEOWISE, it has an albedo of 0.07–0.10.[4][5][6][7]

    The minor planet was named after the Limpopo River, which rises in central southern Africa, and flows through Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe into the Indian Ocean.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1490 Limpopo (1936 LB)" (2015-08-13 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1490) Limpopo. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 119. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (1490) Limpopo". 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 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.
    7. 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.
    8. 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1490) Limpopo". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
    9. 1 2 Sada, Pedro V. (December 2006). "CCD photometry of asteroids 276 Adelheid, 1490 Limpopo, and 2221 Chilton from the Universidad de Monterrey Observatory". The Minor Planet Bulletin 33 (4): 78–79. Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...78S. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved November 2015.
    10. 1 2 Saylor, Dicy Ann; Leake, Martha A. (February 2012). "Rotation Periods of 8 Main Belt Asteroids Observed in 2003-2010". Journal of the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy: 25–28. Bibcode:2012JSARA...5...25S. Retrieved November 2015.
    11. ↑ "1490 Limpopo (1936 LB)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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