1739 Meyermann

1739 Meyermann
Discovery[1]
Discovered by K. Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date 15 August 1939
Designations
MPC designation 1739 Meyermann
Named after
Bruno Meyermann
(astronomer)[2]
1939 PF · 1929 TB1
1935 GN · 1952 HN3
1953 XO1 · 1963 TG
main-belt · Flora[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 86.43 yr (31568 days)
Aphelion 2.5424 AU (380.34 Gm)
Perihelion 1.9800 AU (296.20 Gm)
2.2612 AU (338.27 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.12436
3.40 yr (1242.0 d)
212.97°
 17m 23.496s / day
Inclination 3.4071°
203.37°
81.980°
Earth MOID 0.965503 AU (144.4372 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.57647 AU (385.434 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.607
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 8.688±0.063 km[4]
6.62±0.79 km[5]
8.19 km (calculated)[3]
2.8219±0.0002h[lower-alpha 1]
2.8212±0.0002 h[lower-alpha 1]
2.8219 h (0.11758 d)[1]
0.1961±0.0376[4]
0.336±0.116[5]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
S[3]
12.7

    1739 Meyermann, provisional designation 1939 PF, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory on 15 August 1939.[6]

    The asteroid is a member of the Flora family, a large group of S-type asteroids in the inner main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.5 AU once every 3.40 years (1,241 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.12 and is inclined by 3 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 2.822 hours and an albedo of 0.20 and 0.37, according to preliminary results from the surveys carried out by the WISE and NEOWISE missions, respectively.[4][5]

    The minor planet was named in memory of Bruno Meyermann (1876–1963), a classical astronomer and academic teacher at Göttingen Observatory in Lower Saxony, Germany. His fields of interest included polar motion and relativistic effects.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 Pravec (2007) web: rotation period 2.8219±0.0002 hours and Pravec (2014) web 2.8212±0.0002, with a brightness amplitude of 0.22 and 0.17, respectively. Summary figures at Asteroid Lightcurve Database for (1739) Meyermann
    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1739 Meyermann (1939 PF)" (2015-10-11 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1739) Meyermann. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 138. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (1739) Meyermann". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
    4. 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.
    5. 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.
    6. "1739 Meyermann (1939 PF)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.

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