4797 Ako
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | T. Nomura K. Kawanishi |
| Discovery site | Minami-Oda Obs. (374) |
| Discovery date | 30 September 1989 |
| Designations | |
| 4797 Ako | |
Named after | Akō, Hyōgo (Japanese city)[2] |
| 1989 SJ · 1978 VY9 1985 QB4 | |
| main-belt · Nysa [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 37.26 yr (13,611 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8542 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9694 AU |
| 2.4118 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1834 |
| 3.75 yr (1,368 days) | |
| 41.4164° | |
| 0° 15m 47.16s / day | |
| Inclination | 1.8126° |
| 320.8621° | |
| 77.8658° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 6.000±0.496 km[4] 4.00 km (calculated)[3] |
| 4.085±0.001 h[5] | |
| 0.1124±0.0209[4] 0.21 (assumed)[3] | |
| S [3] | |
| 14.3[1][3] 14.1[4] 14.31±0.27[6] | |
4797 Ako, provisional designation 1989 SJ, is a stony Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by the Japanese astronomers Toshiro Nomura and Kōyō Kawanishi at the Minami-Oda Observatory, Japan, on 30 September 1989.[7]
The S-type asteroid is a member of the stony subgroup of the main-belt's Nysa family, which is named after its largest member 44 Nysa. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.9 AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,368 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The first precovery was taken at Palomar Observatory in 1978, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 11 years prior to its discovery.[7]
A rotational light-curve of this asteroid was obtained for the first time from photometric observations made at the U.S. Ricky Observatory, Missouri, in November 2008. It gave a well-defined rotation period of 4.085±0.001 hours with a relatively high brightness variation of 0.90 in magnitude (U=3), indicative of a non-spheroidal shape.[5]
According to NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, the asteroid measures 6.0 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.11,[4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.21, and calculates a diameter of 4.0 kilometers, as the higher the albedo (reflectivity), the smaller the body's diameter, at a constant absolute magnitude (brightness).[3]
The minor planet was named for the city of Akō in the Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and for its ancient castle on the Seto Inland Sea. Known for its salt production, the city is the birth-place of the fictional account of Chūshingura, a tale about the forty-seven Ronin who committed seppuku after avenging their master. Ako is also the home of the second discoverer's private Minami-Oda observatory, where Kōyō Kawanishi observes small Solar System bodies.[2] Naming citation was published on 27 June 1991 (M.P.C. 18465).[8]
References
- ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 4797 Ako (1989 SJ)" (2016-02-10 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved May 2016.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4797) Ako. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 414. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved May 2016.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (4797) Ako". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved May 2016.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ a b c d 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 May 2016.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ^ a b Bennefeld, Craig; Bass, Stephen; Blair, Ricco; Cunningham, Kendrick; Hill, Da'quia; McHenry, Michael; et al. (October 2009). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at Ricky Observatory". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 36 (4): 147–148. Bibcode:2009MPBu...36..147B. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved May 2016.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ^ 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 May 2016.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ^ a b "4797 Ako (1989 SJ)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved May 2016.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved May 2016.
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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
- 4797 Ako at the JPL Small-Body Database
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