2697 Albina

2697 Albina
Discovery[1]
Discovered by B. Burnasheva
Discovery site CrAO – Nauchnyj
Discovery date 9 October 1969
Designations
MPC designation 2697 Albina
Named after
Albina Serova
(astronomer)[2]
1969 TC3 · 1929 TB
1936 TL · 1938 BE
1939 DE · 1942 RV
1949 SC1 · 1950 YA
1952 DU1 · 1968 OT
1972 BJ · 1975 QR
1975 RG · 1979 FK2
1983 VR1
main-belt (outer)[1]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 86.15 yr (31,465 days)     
Aphelion 3.8447 AU
Perihelion 3.2796 AU
3.5621 AU
Eccentricity 0.0793
6.72 yr (2,456 days)
315.525°
 8m 47.76s / day
Inclination 3.5806°
270.9738°
132.2451°
Earth MOID 2.28815 AU
Jupiter MOID 1.51301 AU
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.107
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 51.54±1.4 km (IRAS:16)[3]
52.74±0.93 km[4]
51.36 km (derived)[5]
Mean radius
25.77 ± 0.7 km
16.5871±0.0165 h[6]
9.6 h[7]
0.0553±0.003 (IRAS:16)[3]
0.053±0.002[4]
0.0385 (derived)[5]
X[8] · C[5]
10.6[1][5]
10.2[3][4]
10.96±0.25[8]
10.367±0.002 (R)[6]

    2697 Albina, provisional designation 1969 TC3, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 52 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 October 1969, by Russian female astronomer Bella Burnasheva at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.[9]

    The dark C-type body is also classified as a X-type asteroid by the large-scale Pan-STARRS survey.[8] It orbits the Sun at a distance of 3.3–3.8 AU once every 6 years and 9 months (2,456 days). Its orbit is tilted by 4° to the plane of the ecliptic and shows an eccentricity of 0.08.[1] The first used precovery was taken at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in 1936, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 33 years prior to its discovery. However, it was already imaged at Lowell Observatory in 1929.[9]

    A rotational light-curve of this asteroid was obtained from photometric observations made at the U.S. Palomar Transient Factory in October 2010. The light-curve gave a rotation period of 16.5871±0.0165 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.16 in magnitude (U=2),[6] and supersedes a previous period of 9.6 hours from a fragmentary light-curve, obtained by French astronomer Laurent Bernasconi in March 2006 (U=1).[7]

    According to the space-based surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) and the Japanese Akari satellite, the asteroid has an albedo of 0.055 and 0.053, with a corresponding diameter of 51.5 and 52.7 kilometers, respectively.[3][4] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives a lower albedo of 0.039 and a diameter of 51.4 kilometers.[5]

    The minor planet was named after Russian astronomer from Moscow, Albina Alekseevna Serova, who is a friend of the discoverer.[2] Naming citation was published on 18 September 1986 (M.P.C. 11156).[10]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2697 Albina (1969 TC3)" (2015-12-02 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2697) Albina. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 220. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System. Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 4 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. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
    5. 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (2697) Albina". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 7 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 7 May 2016.
    7. 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (2697) Albina". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
    8. 1 2 3 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 7 May 2016.
    9. 1 2 "2697 Albina (1969 TC3)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
    10. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 7 May 2016.

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