15017 Cuppy
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15017 Cuppy view from Auburn, Indiana, on 1 July 2004, using a 40.5 cm RCOS telescope | |
| Discovery [1] | |
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| Discovered by | LONEOS |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station |
| Discovery date | 22 September 1998 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 15017 Cuppy |
Named after |
Will Cuppy (humorist, literary critic)[2] |
| 1998 SS25 | |
| main-belt | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 22.70 yr (8,293 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.7018 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9512 AU |
| 2.3265 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1613 |
| 3.55 yr (1,296 days) | |
| 287.80° | |
| 0° 16m 39.72s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.2105° |
| 63.832° | |
| 347.83° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 2 km (calculated at 0.25)[3] |
| 15.6[1] | |
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15017 Cuppy, provisional designation 1998 SS25, is a small asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, roughly 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by the U.S. Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) at its Anderson Mesa Station, Arizona, on 22 September 1998.[4]
The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 7 months (1,296 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] Due to precovery observations made in 1991, at the U.S. Palomar Observatory in California, the asteroid's observation arc begins seven years before its discovery.[4] As of 2016, its effective size, composition and albedo, as well as its rotation period and shape remain unknown.[1]
Based on an absolute magnitude of 15.6, the asteroid is calculated to measure between 2 and 5 kilometers in diameter, assuming an albedo in the range of 0.05 to 0.25.[3] Since asteroids in the inner main-belt are often of a silicaceous rather than of a carbonaceous composition, with higher albedos, typically around 0.20, the asteroid's diameter might be on the lower end of NASA's published conversion table, as the higher the body's reflectivity (albedo), the smaller its diameter, for a given absolute magnitude (brightness).[3]
In September 2003, the minor planet was named in memory of American literary critic and humorist, Will Cuppy (1884–1949). He is known for his satirical books The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody, How to Attract the Wombat, How to Become Extinct and How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes. The name was proposed by M. Walter.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 15017 Cuppy (1998 SS25)" (2014-06-28 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved April 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (15017) Cuppy, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5. Retrieved April 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Absolute Magnitude (H)". NASA/JPL. Retrieved April 2016.
- 1 2 "15017 Cuppy (1998 SS25)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved April 2016.
External links
- Photographic observations of 15017 Cuppy, Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (15001)-(20000) – Minor Planet Center
- 15017 Cuppy at the JPL Small-Body Database
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