323 Brucia
Phocaea asteroid
323 Brucia is a stony Phocaea asteroid and former Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt , approximately 33 kilometers (21 miles) in diameter. It was the first asteroid to be discovered by the use of astrophotography .[ 14]
Description
Brucia was also the first of over 200 asteroids discovered by Max Wolf , a pioneer in that method of finding astronomical objects . Discovered on December 22, 1891, when he was 28 years old, it was named in honour of Catherine Wolfe Bruce , a noted patroness of the science of astronomy , who had donated $10,000 for the construction of the telescope used by Wolf.[ 2] [ 15]
The asteroid is a member of the Phocaea family (701 ),[ 3] a large family of stony S-type asteroids with nearly two thousand known members.[ 16] : 23 It was an outer Mars-crossing asteroid with perihelion less than 1.666 AU[ 1] until July 2017. For comparison, asteroid 4222 Nancita will become a Mars-crosser in June 2019. (6454) 1991 UG1 was a Mars-crossing asteroid until January 2016.[ 17] [needs update ]
Brucia has a synodic rotation period of 9.463 hours (as of 1998).[ 4] According to the survey carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite , Brucia measures 35.82 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.1765.[ 8]
References
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^ a b Masiero, Joseph R.; Grav, T.; Mainzer, A. K.; Nugent, C. R.; Bauer, J. M.; Stevenson, R.; et al. (August 2014). "Main-belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE: Near-infrared Albedos" . The Astrophysical Journal . 791 (2): 11. arXiv :1406.6645 . Bibcode :2014ApJ...791..121M . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121 . S2CID 119293330 . Retrieved 1 November 2017 .
^ a b c Alí-Lagoa, V.; Delbo', M. (July 2017). "Sizes and albedos of Mars-crossing asteroids from WISE/NEOWISE data". Astronomy and Astrophysics . 603 : 8. arXiv :1705.10263 . Bibcode :2017A&A...603A..55A . doi :10.1051/0004-6361/201629917 . S2CID 119224590 .
^ a b c 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 . S2CID 118700974 .
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^ a b c 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 . Online catalog
^ Schober, H. J.; Erikson, A.; Hahn, G.; Lagerkvist, C. I.; Oja, T. (November 1993). "Physical Studies of Asteroids. Part XXVI. Rotation and Photoelectric Photometry of Asteroids 323, 350, 582, 1021 and 1866" . Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement . 101 (3): 507. Bibcode :1993A&AS..101..499S . Retrieved 1 November 2017 .
^ Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (323) Brucia" . Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 1 November 2017 .
^ Warner, Brian D. (July 2014). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at CS3-Palmer Divide Station: 2014 January–March" . The Minor Planet Bulletin . 41 (3): 144– 155. Bibcode :2014MPBu...41..144W . ISSN 1052-8091 . PMC 7296833 . PMID 32549049 .
^ 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 . S2CID 53493339 . Retrieved 1 November 2017 .
^ Campbell, W. W. (1892). "Discovery of Asteroids by Photography" . Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific . 4 (26): 264. Bibcode :1892PASP....4..264C . doi :10.1086/120521 .
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^ Nesvorný, D.; Broz, M.; Carruba, V. (December 2014). "Identification and Dynamical Properties of Asteroid Families". Asteroids IV . pp. 297– 321. arXiv :1502.01628 . Bibcode :2015aste.book..297N . doi :10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816532131-ch016 . ISBN 9780816532131 . S2CID 119280014 .
^ Webcite archive of asteroid 6454 with Epoch 2016
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