3982 Kastelʹ, provisional designation 1984 JP1, is a Florian asteroid and a suspected binary system[8] from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6.9 kilometers in diameter.
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. G. Karachkina |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
| Discovery date | 2 May 1984 |
| Designations | |
| (3982) Kastelʹ | |
Named after | Galina Ričardovna Kastelʹ (astronomer)[2] |
| 1984 JP1 · 1930 MF 1947 NE · 1954 RC 1978 TT5 | |
| main-belt · Flora [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 86.77 yr (31,691 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.7546 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7625 AU |
| 2.2586 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2196 |
| 3.39 yr (1,240 days) | |
| 230.45° | |
| 0° 17m 25.44s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.2970° |
| 251.91° | |
| 50.950° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 6.790±0.363 km[4][5] 6.90 km (taken)[3] 6.901 km[6] |
| 8.4877±0.0005 h[a] 8.488±0.003 h[7] | |
| 0.1695[6] 0.201±0.031[4][5] | |
| P [4] · S [3] | |
| 12.9[1] · 13.2[4] · 13.35±0.08[3][6] | |
It was discovered on 2 May 1984, by Russian astronomer Lyudmila Karachkina at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij on the Crimean peninsula.[9] It is named after Soviet astronomer Galina Kastelʹ.[2]
Classification and orbit
editKastelʹ is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest families of stony asteroids. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.8–2.8 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,240 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.22 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] Kastelʹ was first identified as 1930 MF at Lowell Observatory in 1930, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 54 years prior to its discovery observation.[9]
Physical characteristics
editKastelʹ has been characterized as a dark and reddish P-type asteroid by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, despite measuring an albedo of 0.20.[4] It is also an assumed S-type asteroid.[3]
Diameter and albedo
editAccording to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Kastelʹ measures 6.79 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.201,[4][5] while Petr Pravec's revised estimates of the thermal WISE observation gave a lower albedo of 0.1695 and consequently a larger diameter of 6.90 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 13.35.[6]
Lightcurve
editIn September 2009 and February 2014, two rotational lightcurves were obtained for this asteroid. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 8.4877 and 8.488 hours with a brightness variation of 0.27 and 0.28 magnitude, respectively (U=n.a.).[7][a]
Suspected binary
editDuring the first of the two a photometric observations – a collaboration between Czech astronomers Petr Pravec, Peter Kušnirák, Leonard Kornoš and Jozef Világi at Ondřejov Observatory, as well as American astronomers Donald Pray, Russel Durkee, Walter R. Cooney Jr., John Gross and Dirk Terrell at several locations in the United States – it was revealed, that Kastelʹ's lightcurve consisted of two linearly additive components, indicative for the presence of an asteroid moon. However, no attenuations were observed, which typically occur when the primary and secondary body are eclipsing each other.[7] After a second observation in 2014, the binary nature of Kastelʹ still remains uncertain.[3][8][a] The "Johnstonsarchive" gives no estimates.[10]
Naming
editThis minor planet was named in honor of Soviet astronomer Galina Ričardovna Kastelʹ astronomer at the Institute for Theoretical Astronomy (ITA) at Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad). A discoverer of minor planets herself, she is a known expert of the motions of small Solar System bodies and was involved with astrometric work at the discovering observatory.[2] The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 May 1991 (M.P.C. 18306).[11]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c Pravec (2014) web: rotation period 8.4877±0.0005 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.28 mag. Summary figures for (3982) Kastelʹ at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) and Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2014)
References
edit- ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3982 Kastelʹ (1984 JP1)" (2017-03-29 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ a b c Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(3982) Kastelʹ". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3982) Kastelʹ. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 339. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3969. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (3982) Kastelʹ". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ a b c Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Dailey, J.; et al. (November 2011). "Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 20. arXiv:1109.4096. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...68M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ a b c d Pravec, Petr; Harris, Alan W.; Kusnirák, Peter; Galád, Adrián; Hornoch, Kamil (September 2012). "Absolute magnitudes of asteroids and a revision of asteroid albedo estimates from WISE thermal observations". Icarus. 221 (1): 365–387. Bibcode:2012Icar..221..365P. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.07.026. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ a b c Pravec, P.; Kusnirak, P.; Kornos, L.; Vilagi, J.; Pray, D.; Durkee, R.; et al. (October 2005). "(3982) Kastelʹ". IAU Circ. 8609 (8609): 2. Bibcode:2005IAUC.8609....2P. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Photometric Survey for Asynchronous Binary Asteroids". Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (ASU). Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ a b "3982 Kastelʹ (1984 JP1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ Johnston, Robert (21 September 2014). "(3982) Kastelʹ". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
External links
edit- Asteroids with Satellites, Robert Johnston, johnstonsarchive.net
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 2017-12-16 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 3982 Kastelʹ at the JPL Small-Body Database