4151 Alanhale

4151 Alanhale
Discovery [1]
Discovered by C. S. Shoemaker
E. M. Shoemaker
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date 24 April 1985
Designations
MPC designation 4151 Alanhale
Named after
 Alan Hale (astronomer)[2]
1985 HV1 · 1968 HD
1976 SO1 · 1979 FX1
1982 SZ4 · 1985 JX
main-belt · Themis [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 47.76 yr (17,445 days)
Aphelion 3.5923 AU
Perihelion 2.7022 AU
3.1473 AU
Eccentricity 0.1414
5.58 yr (2,039 days)
275.9537°
0° 10m 35.4s / day
Inclination 1.008°
67.0514°
74.9646°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 15.37 km (calculated)[3]
19.526±0.269 km[4]
22.66±0.59 km[5]
11.9177±0.0047 h[6]
0.045±0.006[5]
0.0734±0.0099[4]
0.08 (assumed)[3]
C [3][7]
11.976±0.003 (R)[6]
12.0[4]
12.20[5]
12.3[1]
12.43[3]
12.78±0.21[7]

    4151 Alanhale, provisional designation 1985 HV1, is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by the American astronomer couple Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the U.S. Palomar Observatory, California, on 24 April 1985.[8]

    The dark C-type asteroid is a member of the Themis family, a dynamical family of outer-belt asteroids with nearly coplanar ecliptical orbits. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.6 AU once every 5 years and 7 months (2,039 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.14 and an inclination of 1° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The first precovery was taken at Zimmerwald Observatory in 1968, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 17 years prior to its discovery.[8]

    A rotational light-curve of this asteroid was obtained from photometric observations made at the U.S. Palomar Transient Factory in October 2010. The fragmentary light-curve gave a rotation period of 11.9177±0.0047 hours with a low brightness variation of 0.07 in magnitude (U=1).[6]

    According to the surveys carried out by NASA's spaced-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and its subsequent NEOWISE mission, the asteroid measures 19.5 and 22.7 kilometers in diameter, respectively, with a corresponding albedo of 0.07 and 0.05.[4][5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.08 and calculates a smaller diameter of 15.4 kilometers, based on an absolute magnitude of 12.43.[3]

    The minor planet was named in honor of American astronomer Alan Hale (b. 1958), co-discoverer of comet Hale–Bopp. His precise visual observations include more than 130 comets, several at more than one apparition, and both, magnitude estimates and confirmations of discoveries. He has also skillfully estimated the magnitudes of the near-Earth objects, 4179 Toutatis and (99907) 1989 VA, and has performed asteroid occultation. Hale has promoted the study of small Solar System bodies in articles and in his astronomy lectures.[2] Naming citation was published on 28 April 1991 (M.P.C. 18139).[9]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 4151 Alanhale (1985 HV1)" (2016-01-21 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (4151) Alanhale. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 355. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (4151) Alanhale". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 4 May 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 4 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 4 May 2016.
    5. 1 2 3 4 Masiero, 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:1209.5794Freely accessible. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759L...8M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
    6. 1 2 3 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:1504.04041Freely accessible. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...75W. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
    7. 1 2 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 4 May 2016.
    8. 1 2 "4151 Alanhale (1985 HV1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
    9. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 May 2016.

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