5951 Alicemonet
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site |
Lowell Observatory (Anderson Mesa Station) |
| Discovery date | 7 October 1986 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5951 Alicemonet |
Named after |
Alice Monet (astronomer)[2] |
|
1986 TZ1 · 1973 SJ5 1983 XE1 | |
| main-belt · Flora [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 23328 days (63.87 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.6776 AU (400.56 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.7165 AU (256.78 Gm) |
| 2.1971 AU (328.68 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.21873 |
| 3.26 yr (1189.5 d) | |
| 354.47° | |
| 0° 18m 9.54s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.3709° |
| 88.409° | |
| 286.07° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.725551 AU (108.5409 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.79155 AU (417.610 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.631 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
5.990±0.053 km[4] 6.21 km (calculated)[3] |
| 3.8871±0.0005 h[5] | |
|
0.2840±0.0307[4] 0.24 (assumed)[3] | |
| S [3] | |
| 13.2[1] | |
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5951 Alicemonet, provisional designation 1986 TZ1, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 October 1986, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Anderson Mesa Station of the U.S. Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.[6]
The S-type asteroid is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.7–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,190 days). Its orbit is tilted by 5 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic and shows a notable eccentricity of 0.22. In 2012, a photometric light-curve analysis rendered a rotation period of 3.9 hours using the SARA telescope at Cerro Tololo, Chile.[5] The body's albedo amounts to 0.28, according to the NEOWISE mission of the space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer,[4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a somewhat more typical value of 0.24.[3]
The minor planet was named after American female astronomer Alice K.B. Monet (b. 1954, née Babcock) at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station and former chair of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the AAS. She contributed to the NEAR Shoemaker and Galileo Mission and is known for her numerous astrometric observations.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 5951 Alicemonet (1986 TZ1)" (2015-10-25 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (5951) Alicemonet. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 476. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (5951) Alicemonet". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved December 2015.
- 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 December 2015.
- 1 2 Bin, Li; Zhao, Haibin; Hand, Xianming L.; Liu, Wenjuan; Sun, Luming; Shi, Jingjing; Gao, Shan; Zhou, Hongyan (January 2013). "Photometric Observation of 3024 Hainan, 3920 Aubignan, and 5951 Alicemonet". The Minor Planet Bulletin 40 (1): 43–44. Bibcode:2013MPBu...40...43L. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved December 2015.
- ↑ "5951 Alicemonet (1986 TZ1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 2015.
External links
- IAU: Individual Members – Alice K.B. Monet
- 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
- 5951 Alicemonet at the JPL Small-Body Database
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