8967 Calandra

8967 Calandra
Discovery [1]
Discovered by C. J. van Houten
I. van Houten
T. Gehrels
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date 13 May 1971
Designations
MPC designation 8967 Calandra
Named after
 Miliaria calandra
(endangered bird)[2]
4878 T-1 · 1978 RM11
1992 EH15
main-belt · (outer) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 44.11 yr (16,112 days)
Aphelion 3.4087 AU
Perihelion 2.7052 AU
3.0569 AU
Eccentricity 0.1150
5.34 yr (1,952 days)
348.22°
0° 11m 3.84s / day
Inclination 9.7429°
170.63°
171.83°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 8.382±0.103 km[4]
10.92 km (calculated)[3]
5.2427±0.0036 h[5]
0.1739±0.0299[4]
0.057 (assumed)[3]
C [3]
13.1[1]
13.54[3]
12.9[4]
13.086±0.004[5]
13.30±0.10[6]

    8967 Calandra, provisional designation 4878 T-1, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 13 May 1971, by Dutch astronomer couple Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory, on photographic plates taken by Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels at the U.S Palomar Observatory, California.[7]

    The C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.4 AU once every 5 years and 4 months (1,952 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.12 and an inclination of 10° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]

    In 2011, a photometric light-curve analysis at the U.S. Palomar Transient Factory, California, rendered a rotation period of 5.2427±0.0036 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.58 in magnitude (U=2).[5] According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid measures 8.4 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.17.[4] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) assumes a lower albedo of 0.057 and hence calculates a larger diameter of 10.2 kilometers.[3]

    The special designation T-1 stands for the first Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey, named after the fruitful collaboration of the Palomar and Leiden Observatory in the 1960s and 1970s. Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Cornelis and Ingrid van Houten at Leiden Observatory where astrometry was carried out. The trio of astronomers are credited with the discovery of 4,619 minor planets.[8]

    The minor planet is named for the passerine bird, Miliaria calandra, also known as corn bunting.[2] As of 2015, it is listed as an endangered species on the European Red List of Birds.[9]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 8967 Calandra (4878 T-1)" (2015-06-23 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved March 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (8967) Calandra. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 672. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved March 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (8967) Calandra". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved March 2016.
    4. 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.
    5. 1 2 3 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 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. ↑ "8967 Calandra (4878 T-1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved March 2016.
    8. ↑ "Minor Planet Discoverers". Minor Planet Center. 24 February 2016. Retrieved March 2016.
    9. ↑ "European Red List of Birds" (PDF). BirdLife International. 2015. p. 58. Retrieved March 2016.

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