1563 Noël

1563 Noël
Discovery [1]
Discovered by S. Arend
Discovery site Uccle Obs.
Discovery date 7 March 1943
Designations
MPC designation 1563 Noël
Named after
 Emanuel Arend
(discoverer's son)[2]
1943 EG · 1930 EF
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 85.67 yr (31,290 days)
Aphelion 2.3791 AU
Perihelion 2.0041 AU
2.1916 AU
Eccentricity 0.0855
3.24 yr (1,185 days)
165.47°
0° 18m 13.32s / day
Inclination 5.9823°
53.652°
116.21°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 7.23±0.51 km[4]
8.98 km (calculated)[3]
3.5495±0.0001 h[lower-alpha 1]
3.550±0.002 h[5]
3.5483±0.0003 h[lower-alpha 1]
3.5488±0.0001 h[lower-alpha 1]
3.5486±0.0002 h[lower-alpha 1]
0.370±0.051[4]
0.24 (assumed)[3]

SMASS = Sa[1]

S [3]
12.4[1][3][4]

    1563 Noël, provisional designation 1943 EG, is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 March 1943, by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle.[6]

    The S-type asteroid, classified as a transitional Sa-subtype on the SMASS taxonomic scheme, is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.4 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,185 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] Due to a precovery obtained at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula, the asteroid's observation arc begins in 1930.[6]

    Between 2008 and 2015, several rotational light-curves have been obtained through photometric observations by Czech astronomer Petr Pravec at the Ondřejov Observatory near Prague. All light-curves show a well-defined rotation period between 3.548 and 3.550 hours with a brightness variation of 0.15 in magnitude (U=3).[lower-alpha 1] In 2008, a photometric observation by astronomer Julian Oey at the Kingsgrove Observatory, Australia, gave a concurring period of 3.550±0.002 hours and an amplitude of 0.14.[5]

    According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, the asteroid measures 7.2 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a very high albedo of 0.37,[4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from the family's principal body and namesake, the asteroid 8 Flora – and calculates a somewhat larger diameter of 9.0 kilometers.[3]

    The minor planet was named in honor of the discoverer's son, Emanuel Arend.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 Pravec (2008, 2011, 2013, 2015) web: rotation period of 3.5495±0.0001, 3.5483±0.0003, 3.5488±0.0001 and 3.5486±0.0002 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.15 mag. Summary figures at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) for (1563) Noel and Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2011, 2013, 2015)
    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1563 Noel (1943 EG)" (2015-11-06 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1563) Noël. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 124. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved April 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (1563) Noel". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved April 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 4 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; 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 April 2016.
    5. 1 2 Oey, Julian (January 2009). "Lightcurve Analysis of Asteroids from Leura and Kingsgrove Observatories in the First Half of 2008". The Minor Planet Bulletin 36 (1): 4–6. Bibcode:2009MPBu...36....4O. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved April 2016.
    6. 1 2 "1563 Noel (1943 EG)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved April 2016.

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