1080 Orchis
Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
Discovery date | 30 August 1927 |
Designations | |
(1080) Orchis | |
Pronunciation | /ˈɔːrkɪs/[2] |
Named after | Orchis (flowering plant)[3] |
1927 QB · 1955 DT A906 BH | |
main-belt · (inner)[4] background[5] | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 111.76 yr (40,821 days) |
Aphelion | 3.0452 AU |
Perihelion | 1.7924 AU |
2.4188 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2590 |
3.76 yr (1,374 days) | |
278.54° | |
0° 15m 43.2s / day | |
Inclination | 4.5873° |
2.0437° | |
57.028° | |
Physical characteristics | |
20.755±8.470 km[6] 21.797±0.130 km[7] 21.86±0.26 km[8] 22.918±0.241 km[9] 23.28±1.7 km[4][10] 23.53±6.59 km[11] 24.62±6.75 km[12] | |
16.061±0.004 h[13] 16.0657±0.0005 h[14] 16.075±0.0207 h[15] 16.1±0.1 h[16] | |
Pole ecliptic latitude | |
0.029±0.002[7] 0.03±0.02[11] 0.031±0.032[12] 0.0331±0.0028[9] 0.0430±0.007[4][10] 0.0508±0.0499[6] 0.051±0.001[8] | |
Tholen = F[1][4] B–V = 0.624[1] U–B = 0.206[1] | |
12.133±0.002 (R)[15] · 12.20[1][4][8][9][10][11] · 12.32[6] · 12.43[12] | |
1080 Orchis, provisional designation 1927 QB, is a dark background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 30 August 1927, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[18] The carbonaceous F-type asteroid has a rotation period of 16.1 hours and measures approximately 22 kilometers (14 miles) in diameter. It was named after the flowering plant Orchis.[3]
Orbit and classification
Orchis is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population.[5] It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 1.8–3.0 AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,374 days; semi-major axis of 2.42 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The asteroid was first observed as A906 BH at Heidelberg in January 1906. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation in August 1927.[18]
Naming
This minor planet was named after the flowering plant Orchis, a genus in the orchid family. The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 102).[3]
Reinmuth's flowers
Due to his many discoveries, Karl Reinmuth submitted a large list of 66 newly named asteroids in the early 1930s. The list covered his discoveries with numbers between (1009) and (1200). This list also contained a sequence of 28 asteroids, starting with 1054 Forsytia, that were all named after plants, in particular flowering plants (also see list of minor planets named after animals and plants).[19]
Physical characteristics
In the Tholen classification, Orchis is an uncommon F-type asteroid, a type which belongs to the wider C-complex of carbonaceous asteroids.[1][4]
Rotation period and poles
In 2010, three rotational lightcurves of Orchis were obtained from photometric observations. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 16.061, 16.075 and 16.1 hours with a brightness amplitude of between 0.23 and 0.31 magnitude (U=2+/2/3).[13][15][16] A modeled lightcurve based on optical data from a large collaboration network found a concurring period of 16.0657 hours and two spin axis of (255.0°, 27.0°) and (71.0°, 28.0°) in ecliptic coordinates (λ, β).[14]
Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Orchis measures between 20.755 and 24.62 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.029 and 0.051.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts the results obtained by IRAS, that is, an albedo of 0.0430 and a diameter of 23.28 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.2.[4][10]
References
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- ^ a b Strabla, Luca; Quadri, Ulisse; Girelli, Roberto (July 2011). "Minor Planet Lightcurve Analysis at Bassano Bresciano Observatory: 2010 October - 2011 March". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 38 (3): 169–172. Bibcode:2011MPBu...38..169S. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ a b Hanus, J.; Durech, J.; Oszkiewicz, D. A.; Behrend, R.; Carry, B.; Delbo, M.; et al. (February 2016). "New and updated convex shape models of asteroids based on optical data from a large collaboration network". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 586: 24. arXiv:1510.07422. Bibcode:2016A&A...586A.108H. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527441. S2CID 119112278.
- ^ a b c Waszczak, 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. S2CID 8342929. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ a b Ruthroff, John C. (April 2011). "Lightcurve Analysis of Eight Main-belt Asteroids and a Revised Period for 185 Eunike". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 38 (2): 86–88. Bibcode:2011MPBu...38...86R. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Asteroid 1080 Orchis". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ a b "1080 Orchis (1927 QB)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1054) Forsytia". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 90. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1055. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
External links
- Lightcurve Database Query (LCDB), at www.minorplanet.info
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Geneva Observatory, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 1080 Orchis at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 1080 Orchis at the JPL Small-Body Database