5171 Augustesen

Augustesen

Discovery
Discovered by	P. Jensen
Discovery site	Brorfelde
Discovery date	8 September 1988
Designations
MPC designation	5171
Named after	Karl Augustesen
Alternative names	1987 SQ3
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	22840 days (62.53 yr)
Aphelion	2.7451 AU (410.66 Gm)
Perihelion	2.1068 AU (315.17 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.4260 AU (362.92 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.13157
Orbital period	3.78 yr (1380.1 d)
Mean anomaly	165.580°
Mean motion	0° 15^m 39.024^s / day
Inclination	7.0871°
Longitude of ascending node	322.135°
Argument of perihelion	45.695°
Earth MOID	1.10971 AU (166.010 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.71595 AU (406.300 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.488
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	480 h (20 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.2

5171 Augustesen (1987 SQ3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 8, 1988 by P. Jensen at Brorfelde.

Photometric observations of this asteroid reported in 2007 show a lengthy rotation period of 474 ± 10 hours with a brightness variation of 0.8 magnitude. It appears to have a tumbling motion.^[2]

References

1. "5171 Augustesen (1987 SQ3)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
2. Galád, Adrián; et al. (October 2007), "Seven Asteroids Studied from Modra Observatory in the Course of Binary Asteroid Photometric Campaign", Earth, Moon, and Planets 101 (1–2): 17–25, Bibcode:2007EM&P..101...17G, doi:10.1007/s11038-007-9146-6.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 5171 Augustesen
• 5171 Augustesen at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters