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19 Fortuna
Fortuna centered above the Crab Nebula
Discovery
Discovered byJohn Russell Hind
Discovery dateAugust 22, 1852
Designations
Pronunciation/fɔːrˈtjnə/
Named after
Fortūna
A902 UG
Main belt
Symbol
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch October 22, 2004 (JD 2453300.5)
Aphelion2.831 AU (423.443 Gm)
Perihelion2.052 AU (307.028 Gm)
2.441 AU (365.235 Gm)
Eccentricity0.159
3.81 a (1393.378 d)
18.94 km/s
268.398°
Inclination1.573°
211.379°
182.091°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions225 × 205 × 195 km[2]
225 km[3][4]
Mass1.27×1019 kg[2]
Mean density
2.70±0.48 g/cm³[2]
~0.0629 m/s²
~0.1190 km/s
0.3101 d (7.4432 h)[1]
Albedo0.037[1]
Temperature~180 K
Spectral type
G[1]
8.88[5] to 12.95
7.13[1]
0.25" to 0.072"

19 Fortuna is one of the largest main-belt asteroids. It has a composition similar to 1 Ceres: a darkly colored surface that is heavily space-weathered with the composition of primitive organic compounds, including tholins.

Fortuna is 225 km in diameter and has one of the darkest known geometric albedos for an asteroid over 150 km in diameter. Its albedo has been measured at 0.028 and 0.037.[6]

The Hubble Space Telescope observed Fortuna in 1993. It was resolved with an apparent diameter of 0.20 arcseconds (4.5 pixels in the Planetary Camera) and its shape was found to be nearly spherical. Satellites were searched for but none were detected.

Stellar occultations by Fortuna have been observed several times. Fortuna has been studied by radar.[7]

It was discovered by J. R. Hind on August 22, 1852 and named after Fortuna, the Roman goddess of luck.

Fortuna has been perturbed by the 80 km 135 Hertha and was initially estimated by Baer to have a mass of 1.08×1019 kg.[4] A more recent estimate by Baer suggests it has a mass of 1.27×1019 kg.[2]

On December 21, 2012 Fortuna (~200 km) harmlessly passed within 6.5Gm of asteroid 687 Tinette.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 19 Fortuna". 2008-08-21 last obs. Retrieved 2008-11-11. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d Jim Baer (2008). "Recent Asteroid Mass Determinations". Personal Website. Retrieved November 27, 2008.
  3. ^ Storrs, Alex; Weiss, B.; Zellner, B.; et al. (1998). "Imaging Observations of Asteroids with Hubble Space Telescope" (PDF). Icarus. 137 (2): 260–268. Bibcode:1999Icar..137..260S. doi:10.1006/icar.1999.6047. Retrieved January 15, 2005. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author2= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ a b Baer, James; Steven R. Chesley (2008). "Astrometric masses of 21 asteroids, and an integrated asteroid ephemeris" (PDF). Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 100 (2008). Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007: 27–42. Bibcode:2008CeMDA.100...27B. doi:10.1007/s10569-007-9103-8. Retrieved November 11, 2008.
  5. ^ "AstDys (19) Fortuna Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
  6. ^ Storrs, Alex; Dunne; Conan; Mugnier; et al. (2005). "A closer look at main belt asteroids 1: WF/PC images" (PDF). Icarus. 173 (2): 409–416. Bibcode:2005Icar..173..409S. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.08.007. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 18, 2007. Retrieved September 23, 2007. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author2= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Radar-Detected Asteroids and Comets". NASA/JPL Asteroid Radar Research. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  8. ^ Generated with Solex 10 by Aldo Vitagliano