1263 Varsavia
Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | S. Arend |
Discovery site | Uccle – Belgium |
Discovery date | 23 March 1933 |
Designations | |
1263 Varsavia | |
Named after | Warsaw (Capital of Poland)[2] |
1933 FF · 1948 PB1 | |
main-belt · (middle) [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 83.07 yr (30340 days) |
Aphelion | 3.1675 AU (473.85 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.1623 AU (323.48 Gm) |
2.6649 AU (398.66 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.18859 |
4.35 yr (1589.0 d) | |
122.97° | |
0° 13m 35.616s / day | |
Inclination | 29.273° |
158.48° | |
287.55° | |
Earth MOID | 1.31795 AU (197.163 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.23825 AU (334.837 Gm) |
TJupiter | 3.179 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 49.29 km[4] 44.2 km[5] 41±8 km[6] 51.44±0.74 km[7] 40.21±15.51 km[8] |
24.645±0.55 km | |
7.1639 h (0.29850 d)[1][9] 7.231±0.002 h[10] 16.5±0.2 h[11] 7.1680±0.0006 h[a] 7.16495±0.00005 h[6] 7.1659±0.0013 h[12] | |
0.0459[4] 0.0571[5] 0.042±0.002[7] 0.077±0.106[8] 0.0874 (derived)[3] 0.0459±0.002[1] | |
B–V = 0.727 U–B = 0.321 X (Tholen), Xc (SMASS) X [3] | |
10.2 | |
1263 Varsavia, provisional designation 1933 FF, is a metallic–carbonaceous, notably tilted asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, about 49 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle, on 23 March 1933.[13]
The X-type asteroid is classified as a Xc-type in the SMASS taxonomy, a transitional type to the dark C-type asteroids. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.2–3.2 AU once every 4 years and 4 months (1,590 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.19 and is significantly inclined by 29 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 7.2 hours[9] and an albedo of 0.040–0.08, based on the space-spaced observations carried out by IRAS, Akari, and WISE/NEOWISE.[4][7][8]
The minor planet was named after the Latin name of the city of Warsaw, capital of Poland. The naming citation includes a note of thanks for the support given by the city's observatory.[2]
References
- ^ Oey (2011) web: rotation period 7.1680±0.0006 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.15 mag. Summary figures at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) for (1263) Varsavia
- ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1263 Varsavia (1933 FF)" (2015-02-12 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1263) Varsavia. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 104. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015.
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(help) - ^ a b c "LCDB Data for (1263) Varsavia". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015.
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(help) - ^ a b c Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System. Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T. Retrieved November 2015.
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(help) - ^ a b Shevchenko, Vasilij G.; Tedesco, Edward F. (September 2006). "Asteroid albedos deduced from stellar occultations". Icarus. 184 (1): 211–220. Bibcode:2006Icar..184..211S. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.04.006. Retrieved November 2015.
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(help) - ^ a b Durech, Josef; Kaasalainen, Mikko; Herald, David; Dunham, David; Timerson, Brad; Hanus, Josef; et al. (August 2011). "Combining asteroid models derived by lightcurve inversion with asteroidal occultation silhouettes". Icarus. 214 (2): 652–670. arXiv:1104.4227. Bibcode:2011Icar..214..652D. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.016. Retrieved November 2015.
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(help) - ^ a b c Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; Ootsubo, Takafumi; et al. (October 2011). "Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 63 (5): 1117–1138. Bibcode:2011PASJ...63.1117U. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. Retrieved November 2015.
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(help) - ^ a b c Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; et al. (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 November 2015.
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(help) - ^ a b Warner, Brian D.; Stephens, Robert D. (April 2011). "Lightcurve Analysis for a Trio of Asteroids". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 38 (2): 110–111. Bibcode:2011MPBu...38..110W. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved November 2015.
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(help) - ^ Stephens, Robert D.; Warner, Brian D. (March 2004). "Lightcurve analysis of 1263 Varsavia". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 31 (1): 24–25. Bibcode:2004MPBu...31...24S. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved November 2015.
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(help) - ^ Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1263) Varsavia". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved November 2015.
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(help) - ^ 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 November 2015.
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(help) - ^ "1263 Varsavia (1933 FF)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015.
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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 (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 1263 Varsavia at the JPL Small-Body Database