1020 Arcadia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth[1] |
| Discovery date | 7 March 1924[1] |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1020 Arcadia[1] |
| 1924 QV[1] | |
| Main-belt asteroid | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 92.05 yr (33622 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.9118 AU (435.60 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.6657 AU (398.78 Gm) |
| 2.7887 AU (417.18 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.044114 |
| 4.66 yr (1701.0 d) | |
| 249.85° | |
| 0° 12m 41.904s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.0609° |
| 180.73° | |
| 39.176° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.65901 AU (248.184 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.053 AU (307.1 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.325 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 12.95 km[3] |
| 17.02 h (0.709 d) | |
Sidereal rotation period | 17.02±0.02 h[3] |
| 12.1 | |
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1020 Arcadia is an asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth on March 7, 1924. Its provisional designation was 1924 QV.[1] This object was named after Arcadia, a mythological Greek location and modern Greek province. Measurements of the lightcurve made in 2010 and 2011 give a rotation period of 17.02 ± 0.02 hours. It has a diameter of 25.9 km and a Tholen classification of S.[3]
This object is a member of the Agnia family of asteroids that share similar orbital elements and physical properties. This family was named after the asteroid 847 Agnia. They most likely formed from the breakup of a basalt object, which in turn was spawned from a larger parent body that underwent igneous differentiation.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Strobel, W. (1949). "Elemente und Grundlagen der Kleinen Planeten". Veröffentlichungen des Astronomischen Rechen-Instituts Heidelberg. G. Braun. 1 (1-9): 1–71, 45. Bibcode:1949VeARI...1....1S. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "1020 Arcadia (1924 QV)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 Gartrelle, Gordon M. (April 2012), "Lightcurve Results for Eleven Asteroids", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 39 (2): 40–46, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39...40G.
- ↑ Sunshine, Jessica M.; et al. (August 2004), "High-calcium pyroxene as an indicator of igneous differentiation in asteroids and meteorites", Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 39 (8), pp. 1343–1357, Bibcode:2004M&PS...39.1343S, doi:10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00950.x.
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