1877 Marsden
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by |
T. Gehrels C. J. van Houten I. van Houten-Groeneveld |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 24 March 1971 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1877 Marsden |
Named after |
Brian G. Marsden (astronomer)[2] |
|
1971 FC · 1950 TG 1950 TT2 | |
| main-belt (outer) · Hilda [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 65.43 yr (23900 days) |
| Aphelion | 4.7607 AU (712.19 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 3.1188 AU (466.57 Gm) |
| 3.9397 AU (589.37 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.20838 |
| 7.82 yr (2856.3 d) | |
| 168.85° | |
| 0° 7m 33.744s / day | |
| Inclination | 17.556° |
| 352.86° | |
| 307.18° | |
| Earth MOID | 2.14163 AU (320.383 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.923165 AU (138.1035 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 2.944 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
35.27±1.78 km[4] 34.01 km (derived)[3] |
| 14.4 h (0.60 d)[1][5] | |
|
0.082±0.009[4] 0.07±0.01[6] 0.057 (assumed)[3] | |
| C [3] | |
| 10.9[1] | |
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1877 Marsden, provisional designation 1971 FC, is a carbonaceous Hildian asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, about 35 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 March 1971, by Dutch astronomer couple Cornelis and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden, on photographic plates taken by Dutch–American astronomer Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory, California.[7]
The dark C-type asteroid is a member of the Hilda family.[6] It orbits the Sun at a distance of 3.1–4.8 AU once every 7 years and 10 months (2,855 days). During a photometric survey of Hilda asteroids in the late 1990s, a produced light-curve for the asteroid rendered a rotation period of 14.4 hours with a brightness variation of 0.22 in magnitude (U=2).[5] The body's surface has an albedo in the range of 0.06 to 0.08.[4][6]
The discovery was made in a survey of faint Trojans (in spite of not having received a typical T-1 designation).[1] The trio of Dutch and Dutch–American astronomers collaborated on the productive Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s, using the same procedure as for this smaller Trojan campaign: Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Cornelis and Ingrid van Houten at Leiden Observatory where blinking and astrometry was carried out.
The minor planet was named in honor of British astronomer Brian Marsden (1937–2010), director of the Minor Planet Center at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, in recognition of his numerous contributions in the field of orbit calculations for comets and minor planets.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1877 Marsden (1971 FC)" (2014-12-12 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1877) Marsden. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 150. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "LCDB Data for (1877) Marsden". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 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 6 November 2015.
- 1 2 Dahlgren, M.; Lahulla, J. F.; Lagerkvist, C.-I.; Lagerros, J.; Mottola, S.; Erikson, A.; et al. (June 1998). "A Study of Hilda Asteroids. V. Lightcurves of 47 Hilda Asteroids". Icarus. 133 (2): 247–285. Bibcode:1998Icar..133..247D. doi:10.1006/icar.1998.5919. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 Grav, T.; Mainzer, A. K.; Bauer, J.; Masiero, J.; Spahr, T.; McMillan, R. S.; et al. (January 2012). "WISE/NEOWISE Observations of the Hilda Population: Preliminary Results". The Astrophysical Journal. 744 (2): 15. arXiv:1110.0283
. Bibcode:2012ApJ...744..197G. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/744/2/197. Retrieved 6 November 2015. - ↑ "1877 Marsden (1971 FC)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- 1877 Marsden at the JPL Small-Body Database
