3567 Alvema

3567 Alvema
Discovery [1]
Discovered by E. Delporte
Discovery site Uccle – Belgium
Discovery date 15 November 1930
Designations
MPC designation 3567 Alvema
Named after
 (great-granddaughters
of discoverer)[2]
1930 VD · 1930 XO
1930 XQ · 1967 SB
1972 VN1 · 1972 XC2
1972 YD1 · 1978 EP4
main-belt · (outer) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 85.4 yr (31,193 days)
Aphelion 3.655 AU
Perihelion 1.9195 AU
2.7873 AU
Eccentricity 0.3113
4.65 yr (1,700 days)
153.2394°
0° 12m 42.48s / day
Inclination 6.8165°
271.0276°
138.2142°
Earth MOID 0.938421 AU (140.3858 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.77973 AU (266.244 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.248
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 14.531±0.076 km[4]
13.98 km (calculated)[3]
8.1216±0.0001 h[5]
8.13±0.01 h[6]
0.0467±0.0015[4]
0.057 (assumed)[3]
SMASS = Xc [1]
P [4] · X [3]
13.0[1][3]
12.5[4]
13.36±0.04[7]

    3567 Alvema, provisional designation 1930 VD, is a dark asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle, on 15 November 1930.[8]

    The X-type asteroid is classified as a Xc-subtype on the SMASS taxonomic scheme,[1] while the NEOWISE mission of NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer groups it into the P-type spectral class.[4] It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–3.7 AU once every 4 years and 8 months (1,700 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.31 and an inclination of 7° with respect to the plane of the ecliptic.[1] No precoveries were taken prior to its discovery.[8]

    A rotational light-curve obtained from photometric observations made by French amateur astronomer Laurent Bernasconi in December 2014, gave a rotation period of 8.13±0.01 with a brightness variation of 0.33 in magnitude (U=2+).[6] The asteroid's first light-curve was reported by astronomer Darryl Sergison at the Gothers Observatory (J03), St. Dennis, United Kingdom, from observations made in November 2009. It showed a period of 8.1216±0.0001 hours with an amplitude of 0.17 in magnitude (U=2).[5]

    According to the survey carried out by NEOWISE, the asteroid measures 14.5 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a low albedo of 0.048,[4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for carbonaceous asteroids of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 14.0 kilometers.[3]

    The minor planet was named by the discoverer after Aline, Vérionique and Martine (Al-Ve-Ma), his three great-granddaughters, Aline De Middlelaer, and Vérionique and Martine Wark.[2] Naming citation was published on 9 September 1995 (M.P.C. 25652).[9]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3567 Alvema (1930 VD)" (2016-04-16 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3567) Alvema. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 300. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (3567) Alvema". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 14 May 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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:1109.6407Freely accessible. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
    5. 1 2 Sergison, Darryl (July 2010). "Lightcurve Analysis of Asteroids 3567 Alvema and 5421 Ulanova" (PDF). The Minor Planet Bulletin. 37 (3): 87–88. Bibcode:2010MPBu...37...87S. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
    6. 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (3567) Alvema". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
    7. ↑ 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:1506.00762Freely accessible. Bibcode:2015Icar..261...34V. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
    8. 1 2 "3567 Alvema (1930 VD)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 14 May 2016.
    9. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 14 May 2016.

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