1712 Angola

1712 Angola
Discovery [1]
Discovered by C. Jackson
Discovery site Johannesburg Obs.
Discovery date 28 May 1935
Designations
MPC designation 1712 Angola
Named after
 Angola (country)[2]
1935 KC · 1929 GC
1935 ML · 1946 JB
1953 SD · 1963 MD
main-belt · (outer) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 86.76 yr (31689 days)
Aphelion 3.6488 AU (545.85 Gm)
Perihelion 2.6856 AU (401.76 Gm)
3.1672 AU (473.81 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.15207
5.64 yr (2058.8 d)
85.453°
0° 10m 29.496s / day
Inclination 19.387°
237.61°
18.205°
Earth MOID 1.67653 AU (250.805 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.39836 AU (209.192 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.098
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 59.48 km[4]
70.07±1.03 km[5]
64.904±1.218 km[6]
74.47±0.68 km[7]
59.31 km (derived)[3]
Mean radius
 29.74 ± 1.15 km
11.527 h (0.4803 d)[1][3]
11.5274±0.0007 h[8]
11.53 h[8]
0.0600[4]
0.043±0.002[5]
0.0504±0.0126[6]
0.029±0.003[7]
0.0458 (derived)[3]
0.0600 ± 0.005[1]
C [3]
10.1

    1712 Angola, provisional designation 1935 KC, is a dark asteroid from the outer main-belt, discovered by English-born South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Observatory on May 28, 1935.[9] The asteroid measures about 60 kilometers in diameter. Its orbit is tilted by more than 19 degrees towards the ecliptic plane.[1]

    The C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.6 AU once every 5 years and 8 months (2,059 days). It has a rotation period of 11.53 hours and an albedo in the range of 0.03–0.05, according to the IRAS, Akari, WISE and NEOWISE surveys.[4][5][6][7]

    It is named after Angola, the state on the southwestern coast of Africa.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1712 Angola (1935 KC)" (2015-09-17 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1712) Angola. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 136. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (1712) Angola". 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; Ootsubo, Takafumi; 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.; Tholen, D.; 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.; Nugent, C.; Cabrera, M. S. (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 – (1712) Angola". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
    9. ↑ "1712 Angola (1935 KC)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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