2023 Asaph

2023 Asaph
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Indiana Asteroid Program
Discovery site Goethe Link Obs.
Discovery date 16 September 1952
Designations
MPC designation 2023 Asaph
Named after
 Asaph Hall[2]
1952 SA
main-belt (outer) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 62.76 yr (22924 days)
Aphelion 3.6831 AU (550.98 Gm)
Perihelion 2.0707 AU (309.77 Gm)
2.8769 AU (430.38 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.28024
4.88 yr (1782.3 d)
337.42°
0° 12m 7.128s / day
Inclination 22.352°
3.1318°
357.60°
Earth MOID 1.06639 AU (159.530 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.76468 AU (263.992 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.129
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 21.29±0.40 km[4]
19.678±0.264 km[5]
20.56±0.43 km[6]
26.64 km (caculated)[3]
3.87 h (0.161 d)[1][7]
4.74±0.01 h[8]
9.19±0.05 h[9]
0.090±0.004[4]
0.1045±0.0204[5]
0.096±0.018[6]
0.057 (assumed)[3]
C [3]
11.6

    2023 Asaph, provisional designation 1952 SA, is a carbonaceous asteroid in the outer regions of the main-belt, about 21 kilometers in diameter.[6] It was discovered on September 16, 1952 by the Indiana Asteroid Program at Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn in the U.S state of Indiana.[10] The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.1–3.7 AU once every 4 years and 10 months (1,782 days) and its relatively eccentric orbit is tilted by 22 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic.[1] Depending on different observations, it takes between 3.9 and 9.2 hours to rotate once around its axis. The C-type asteroid has a geometric albedo of nearly 0.10.[4][5]

    It was named in memory of Asaph Hall (1829–1907), who discovered the Martian satellites, Phobos and Deimos.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2023 Asaph (1952 SA)" (2015-06-22 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2023) Asaph. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 164. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (2023) Asaph". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved October 2015.
    4. 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 October 2015.
    5. 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 October 2015.
    6. 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 October 2015.
    7. ↑ Warner, Brian D. (October 2010). "Upon Further Review: II. An Examination of Previous Lightcurve Analysis from the Palmer Divide Observatory". The Minor Planet Bulletin 37 (4): 150–151. Bibcode:2010MPBu...37..150W. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved October 2015.
    8. ↑ Warner, Brian D. (September 2003). "Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 331, 795, 886, 1266, 2023, 3285, and 3431". The Minor Planet Bulletin 30 (3): 61–64. Bibcode:2003MPBu...30...61W. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved October 2015.
    9. ↑ Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves (2023) Asaph". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved October 2015.
    10. ↑ "2023 Asaph (1952 SA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved October 2015.

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