6470 Aldrin
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Mrkos |
| Discovery site | Kleť Obs. |
| Discovery date | 14 September 1982 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 6470 Aldrin |
Named after |
Buzz Aldrin (astronaut, Apollo 11)[2] |
| 1982 RO1 · 1989 UU2 | |
| main-belt · Flora [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 32.67 yr (11,934 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6217 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9282 AU |
| 2.2750 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1524 |
| 3.43 yr (1,253 days) | |
| 288.68° | |
| 0° 17m 13.92s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.7912° |
| 237.95° | |
| 152.53° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.932476 AU |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.81104 AU |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.593 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 3.00 km (calculated)[3] |
| 5.9944±0.0014 h[4] | |
| 0.24 (assumed)[3] | |
| S [3][5] | |
|
14.3[1] 14.88±0.23[5] 14.329±0.002 (R)[4] 14.78[3] | |
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6470 Aldrin, provisional designation 1982 RO1, is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at Kleť Observatory on 14 September 1982.[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 1.9–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,253 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The asteroid's observation arc begins in 1982, as no precoveries had been taken prior to its discovery.[6]
A rotational light-curve of this asteroid was obtained from photometric observations made at the U.S. Palomar Transient Factory in September 2013. The light-curve gave a rotation period of 5.9944±0.0014 hours with a brightness variation of 0.82 in magnitude (U=2).[4] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.24 – which derives from 8 Flora, the largest member and namesake of this orbital family – and calculates a diameter of 3.0 kilometers, based on an absolute magnitude of 14.78.[3]
The minor planet was named for American astronaut Buzz Aldrin (b. 1930), on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. He was one of the first two humans to land on the Moon, and the second person to walk on it, following Neil Armstrong, after whom the asteroid 6469 Armstrong is named. Its name was suggested by Czech astronomers Jana Tichá, Miloš Tichý and Zdeněk Moravec, who observed the asteroid during its 1995-opposition, shortly before being numbered.[2] Naming citation was published on 4 May 1999 (M.P.C. 34623).[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 6470 Aldrin (1982 RO1)" (2015-05-18 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (6470) Aldrin. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 535. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (6470) Aldrin". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- 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 8 May 2016. - 1 2 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 8 May 2016.
- 1 2 "6470 Aldrin (1982 RO1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
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
- 6470 Aldrin at the JPL Small-Body Database
