1425 Tuorla

1425 Tuorla
Discovery[1]
Discovered byK. Inkeri
Discovery siteTurku Obs.
Discovery date3 April 1937
Designations
(1425) Tuorla
Named after
Tuorla Observatory[2]
(Inst. for Astronomy and Optics)
1937 GB · 1950 KC
1950 LQ
main-belt · (middle)
Eunomia[3][4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc67.14 yr (24,522 days)
Aphelion2.8766 AU
Perihelion2.3483 AU
2.6125 AU
Eccentricity0.1011
4.22 yr (1,542 days)
40.218°
0° 14m 0.24s / day
Inclination12.975°
185.99°
342.25°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions11.795±0.874 km[5]
14.34±1.08 km[6]
14.94±1.1 km[3][7]
6.76±0.01 h[a]
6.97±0.01 h[8]
7.748±0.0027 h[9]
7.75±0.06 h[10]
0.2389 (derived)[3]
0.2390±0.040[7]
0.260±0.041[6]
0.383±0.083[5]
S[3][11]
11.173±0.003 (R)[9] · 11.30[3][5][6][7] · 11.4[1] · 11.91±0.41[11]

1425 Tuorla, provisional designation 1937 GB, is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 April 1937, by Finnish astronomer Kustaa Inkeri at the Iso-Heikkilä Observatory in Turku, southwestern Finland.[12] The asteroid was named after the Tuorla Observatory of the University of Turku.[2] It was Kustaa Inkeri's only asteroid discovery.[13]

Orbit and classification

Tuorla is a member of the Eunomia family (502),[3][4] a prominent family of stony asteroids and the largest one in the intermediate main belt with more than 5,000 members.[14]: 23  It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.3–2.9 AU once every 4 years and 3 months (1,542 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 13° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The body's observation arc begins at Turku, the night before its official discovery observation.[12]

Physical characteristics

Tuorla has been characterized as a stony S-type asteroid by Pan-STARRS photometric survey,[11] in accordance with the overall spectral type for members of the Eunomia family.[14]: 23 

Rotation period

In April 2013, the so-far best-rated a rotational lightcurve of Tuorla was obtained from photometric observations by astronomer Vladimir Benishek at Belgrade Observatory in Serbia. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 7.75 hours (h) with a brightness variation of 0.24 magnitude (U=3).[10] Other lightcurves were obtained by Alfonso Carreno Garceran (6.76 h),[a] Laurent Bernasconi (7.75 h),[8] and the Palomar Transient Factory (7.748 h),[9]

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, Tuorla measures between 11.795 and 14.94 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.2390 and 0.383.[5][6][7] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.2389 and adopts a diameter of 14.94 kilometers from IRAS, based on an absolute magnitude of 11.3.[3]

Naming

This minor planet was named after the Tuorla Observatory, the Research Institute for Astronomy and Optics, of the University of Turku, located in Piikkiö near Turku, Finland.[2] The Tuorla Observatory was established by prolific minor-planet discoverer Yrjö Väisälä in 1952, as an alternative to the Iso-Heikkilä Observatory, where this asteroid was discovered. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 30 January 1964 (M.P.C. 2277).[15]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Garceran (2013) web: rotation period hours with a brightness amplitude of mag. Summary figures for (1425) Tuorla at LCDB

References

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  6. ^ a b c d 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, AcuA catalog p. 153)
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  8. ^ a b Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1425) Tuorla". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  9. ^ 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. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  10. ^ a b Benishek, Vladimir (April 2014). "Rotation Period Determination for 1425 Tuorla, 1468 Zomba, 1486 Marilyn, 2112 Ulyanov, and (101158) 2000 OL". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 41 (2): 126–127. Bibcode:2014MPBu...41..126B. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  11. ^ a b c 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. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
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  15. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2009). "Appendix – Publication Dates of the MPCs". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition (2006–2008). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 221. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-01965-4. ISBN 978-3-642-01964-7.