5474 Gingasen
Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by |
T. Fujii K. Watanabe |
Discovery site | Kitami Observatory |
Discovery date | 3 December 1988 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 5474 Gingasen |
Named after |
Gingasen (Milky Way) (railroad track)[2] |
1988 XE1 · 1955 YK 1971 BO2 | |
main-belt · Vestian [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 16487 days (45.14 yr) |
Aphelion | 2.5445 AU (380.65 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.2221 AU (332.42 Gm) |
2.3833 AU (356.54 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.067619 |
3.68 yr (1343.9 d) | |
58.641° | |
0° 16m 4.368s / day | |
Inclination | 6.1442° |
246.98° | |
256.37° | |
Earth MOID | 1.24441 AU (186.161 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.4907 AU (372.60 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.526 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions |
±0.48 km 5.05[4] 6.68 km (derived)[3] |
3.6242 h (0.15101 d)[5] h 2.91[6] ±0.005 h 3.628[7] ±0.0015 h 3.6272[8] | |
±0.109 0.480[4] 0.20 (assumed)[3] | |
S [3] | |
13.0[1] | |
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5474 Gingasen, provisional designation 1988 XE1, is a Vestian binary[9] asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on December 3, 1988 by Japanese amateur astronomers Tetsuya Fujii and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami Observatory, Japan.[10]
The stony S-type asteroid is a member of the Vesta family. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.2–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,344 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.07 and is tilted by 6 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 3.6 hours[8] and a high albedo of 0.48.[4]
A moon was discovered orbiting the asteroid in 2008.[9]
The minor planet was named after a railroad track in Hokkaido. Gingasen means "Milky Way". This 150-km public railroad connects the island's eastern cities. Each station along the line is named for a constellation.[10]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 5474 Gingasen (1988 XE1)" (2015-04-30 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (5832) Martaprincipe. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 492. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (5474) Gingasen". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved December 2015.
- 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 December 2015.
- ↑ Higgins, David; Pravec, Petr; Kusnirak, Peter; Hornoch, Kamil; Pray, Donald P.; Vilagi, Jozef; et al. (October 2008). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis of Suspected Binary Asteroids". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 173–175. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..173H. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved December 2015.
- ↑ Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (5474) Gingasen". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved December 2015.
- ↑ Sada, Pedro V. (October 2008). "CCD Photometry of Three Short-period Asteroids from the Universidad de Monterry Observatory". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 161–162. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..161S. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 Waszczak, Adam; Chang, Chan-Kao; Ofek, Eran O.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Levitan, David; et al. (September 2015). "Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry". The Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 35. arXiv:1504.04041. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...75W. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 Johnston, Robert. "(5474) Gingasen". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- 1 2 "5474 Gingasen (1988 XE1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 2015.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000) – Minor Planet Center
- 5474 Gingasen at the JPL Small-Body Database
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