Celle orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 2.2–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,371 days; semi-major axis of 2.42 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[2] The body's observation arc begins with its first observations as 1970 HD at Crimea–Nauchnij in April 1970, about 16 years prior to its official discovery observation at Brorfelde.[1]
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a high albedo of 0.4 and calculates a diameter of 6.35 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.6.[3]
The mutual occultation events revealed that Celle is an asynchronous binary asteroid with a minor-planet moon orbiting it every 36.57 hours (1.52 days) at an average distance of 18±1 km. The discovery was announced on 3 May 2003.[6] The satellite measures approximately 2.34±0.11 km or 43% the size of its primary. A combined bulk density of 2.2±0.4 g/cm3 was modeled for the likely basaltic bodies.[5][11]
Naming
This minor planet was named after the German city of Celle on the occasion of its 700th anniversary. Celle is twinned with the Danish town of Holbæk, where the discovering Brorfelde Observatory is located.[1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 18 February 1992 (M.P.C. 19693).[18]
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^ abcdMasiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; 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.
^ abcdeMarchis, F.; Enriquez, J. E.; Emery, J. P.; Mueller, M.; Baek, M.; Pollock, J.; et al. (November 2012). "Multiple asteroid systems: Dimensions and thermal properties from Spitzer Space Telescope and ground-based observations". Icarus. 221 (2): 1130–1161. arXiv:1604.05384. Bibcode:2012Icar..221.1130M. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.09.013.
^ abcdRyan, W. H.; Ryan, E. V.; Martinez, C. T. (October 2004). "3782 Celle: Discovery of a binary system within the Vesta family of asteroids". Planetary and Space Science. 52 (12): 1093–1101. Bibcode:2004P&SS...52.1093R. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2004.07.006.
^ abBowens-Rubin, Rachel; Henderson, Phoebe (January 2014). "Lightcurve Results for 899 Jokaste and 3782 Celle from Wallace Astrophysical Observatory". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 41 (1): 58–59. Bibcode:2014MPBu...41...58B. ISSN1052-8091.
^ abOey, Julian; Williams, Hasen; Groom, Roger; Pray, Donald; Benishek, Vladimir (July 2017). "Lightcurve Analysis of Binary and Potential Binary Asteroids in 2015". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 44 (3): 193–199. Bibcode:2017MPBu...44..193O. ISSN1052-8091.
^ abcWaszczak, Adam; Chang, Chan-Kao; Ofek, Eran O.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Levitan, David; et al. (September 2015). "Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry". The Astronomical Journal. 150 (3): 35. arXiv:1504.04041. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...75W. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75.
^ abcVeres, 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.