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1683 Castafiore

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1683 Castafiore
Discovery [1]
Discovered byS. Arend
Discovery siteUccle – Belgium
Discovery date19 September 1950
Designations
1683 Castafiore
Named after
Bianca Castafiore
(fictional character)[2]
1950 SL · 1936 PH
1949 HA · 1959 TH
main-belt · (outer)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc79.59 yr (29071 days)
Aphelion3.2215 AU (481.93 Gm)
Perihelion2.2543 AU (337.24 Gm)
2.7379 AU (409.58 Gm)
Eccentricity0.17663
4.53 yr (1654.7 d)
201.13°
0° 13m 3.216s / day
Inclination12.495°
326.73°
346.38°
Earth MOID1.24071 AU (185.608 Gm)
Jupiter MOID2.08659 AU (312.149 Gm)
TJupiter3.295
Physical characteristics
Dimensions21.403±0.075 km[4]
18.42±0.79 km[5]
26.64 km (caculated)[3]
13.931±0.003h,[a] 13.931 h (0.5805 d)[1]
0.0888±0.0159[4]
0.119±0.017[5]
0.057 (assumed)[3]
C[3]
11.6

1683 Castafiore, provisional designation 1950 SL, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle on 19 September 1950.[6]

The C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.2–3.2 AU once every four and a half years (1,653 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.18 and is tilted by 13 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 13.9 hours[a] and an albedo in the range of 0.09–0.12, as measured by the WISE/NEOWISE mission.[4][5]

It is named after the fictional Adventures of Tintin character, Bianca Castafiore.[2] On the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday, the father of the comic-strip character, Georges Remi, better known under his pseudonym Hergé, was honoured by the minor planet 1652 Hergé.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Pray (2011): rotation period of 13.931±0.003 hours with an amplitude in brightness of 0.66 in magnitude. Summary figure given at Light curve Database for (1683) Castafiore
  1. ^ a b c "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1683 Castafiore (1950 SL)" (2015-03-04 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1683) Castafiore. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 134. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ a b c d "LCDB Data for (1683) Castafiore". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved November 2015. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  4. ^ a b c Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; 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 November 2015. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ^ a b c Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; 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. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. ^ "1683 Castafiore (1950 SL)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved November 2015. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1652) Hergé. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 131. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved November 2015. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)