400 Ducrosa

400 Ducrosa
Modelled shape of Ducrosa from its lightcurve
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date15 March 1895
Designations
(400) Ducrosa
Named after
J. Ducros
1895 BU
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc121.08 yr (44225 d)
Aphelion3.49063 AU (522.191 Gm)
Perihelion2.76117 AU (413.065 Gm)
3.12590 AU (467.628 Gm)
Eccentricity0.11668
5.527 yr (2,018.6 d)
16.84 km/s
294.184°
0° 10m 42.013s / day
Inclination10.5354°
327.145°
238.468°
Earth MOID1.7762 AU (265.72 Gm)
Jupiter MOID1.59886 AU (239.186 Gm)
TJupiter3.178
Physical characteristics
Dimensions33.66±1.6 km
6.87 h (0.286 d)[1]
6.87 ± 0.01 hours[2]
0.1423±0.014
B[3]
10.5

400 Ducrosa is a typical Main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 15 March 1895 in Nice, and named for It J. Ducros, a mechanic at the Nice Observatory.[4] This minor planet is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 3.126 AU with a period of 5.527 yr and an orbital eccentricity of 0.117. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 10.5° to the plane of the ecliptic.[1]

A three-dimensional model of 400 Ducrosa based on its light curve

This asteroid has a B-type taxonomy, indicating it has a relatively bright geometric albedo for a carbonaceous asteroid.[3] It has an estimated diameter of 33.66±1.6 km.[1] Photometric measurements of the asteroid made in 2005 at the Palmer Divide Observatory showed a light curve with a rotation period of 6.87±0.01 h and a brightness variation of 0.62±0.02 in magnitude.[2] A 2020 study found a rotation period of 6.8678±0.0001 h with a variation of 0.57±0.03 magnitude.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "400 Ducrosa (1895 BU)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Warner, Brian D. (2005). "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - winter 2004-2005". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 32 (3): 54–58. Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...54W.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  3. ^ a b Hasegawa, Sunao; et al. (February 2021). "The nature of bright C-complex asteroids". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 73 (1): 240–255. arXiv:2012.07141. Bibcode:2021PASJ...73..240H. doi:10.1093/pasj/psaa118.
  4. ^ Schmadel, L. D. (2013). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Germany: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 73.
  5. ^ Pilcher, Frederick (January 2020). "Lightcurves and Rotation Periods of 33 Polyhymnia, 206 Hersilia, 395 Delia, 400 Ducrosa, 900 Rosalinde, and 1066 Lobelia". Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers. 47 (1): 34–36. Bibcode:2020MPBu...47...34P.


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