4362 Carlisle

4362 Carlisle
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Perth Obs.
Discovery date 1 August 1978
Designations
MPC designation 4362 Carlisle
Named after
 Albert Carlisle
(meteorite hunter)[2]
1978 PR4 · 1974 FM1
1984 EE1
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 2457400.5 · JD 13 January 2016
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 63.19 yr (23,080 days)
Aphelion 2.4655 AU
Perihelion 2.0115 AU
2.2385 AU
Eccentricity 0.1013
3.35 yr (1,223 days)
153.99°
0° 17m 39.12s / day
Inclination 4.7149°
34.395°
172.10°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 5.20±0.23 km[4]
5.590±0.174 km[5]
6.51 km (calculated)[3]
0.412±0.064[4]
0.3911±0.0546[5]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
S [3]
13.1[1][3]
13.00[4]
12.9[5]
13.32[6]

    4362 Carlisle, provisional designation 1978 PR4, is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 1 August 1978, by staff members of the Perth Observatory at Bickley, Western Australia.[7]

    The stony S-type asteroid is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest families in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,223 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] As of 2016, a photometric light-curve analysis to measure the asteroid's rotation period has not yet been performed.[3]

    According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, the asteroid measures about 5.2 to 5.6 kilometers in diameter, based on a very high albedo of 0.41 and 0.39, respectively.[4][5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) assumes a typical albedo for stony asteroids of 0.24, which is the same as for the Flora family's namesake, the asteroid 8 Flora. Due to a lower albedo, CALL calculates a larger diameter of 6.5 kilometers.[3]

    The minor planet was named after meteorite hunter Albert John Carlisle (1917–1993), who lived in the Australian Outback. During the course of half a century, he collected more than 9,000 of these rocky or metallic debris on the Nullarbor Plain of Western Australia and was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his scientific contribution in 1982.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 4362 Carlisle (1978 PR4)" (2015-12-01 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved March 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4362) Carlisle. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 374. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved March 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "LCDB Data for (4362) Carlisle". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved March 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 March 2016.
    5. 1 2 3 4 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 March 2016.
    6. ↑ Veres, Peter; Jedicke, Robert; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Denneau, Larry; Granvik, Mikael; Bolin, Bryce; et al. (November 2015). "Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results". Icarus 261: 34–47. arXiv:1506.00762. Bibcode:2015Icar..261...34V. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007. Retrieved March 2016.
    7. ↑ "4362 Carlisle (1978 PR4)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved March 2016.

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