1982 Cline
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. F. Helin |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 4 November 1975 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1982 Cline |
|
Named after
|
Edwin Cline (inventor)[2] |
| 1975 VA · 1936 OO 1957 LN · 1961 XC 1961 XK · 1973 AS |
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| main-belt · (inner) [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 58.46 yr (21,351 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8874 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7341 AU |
| 2.3108 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2495 |
| 3.51 yr (1,283 days) | |
| 154.86° | |
| Inclination | 6.8363° |
| 42.461° | |
| 279.18° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.7382 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 7.21±0.50 km[4] 8.401±0.064 km[5] 6.03±0.17 km[6] 7.82 km (calculated)[3] |
| 5.78±0.01 h[7] | |
| 0.340±0.050[4] 0.2364±0.0443[5] 0.369±0.063[6] 0.20 (assumed)[3] |
|
| S [3] | |
| 12.9[1] | |
1982 Cline, provisional designation 1975 VA, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by American female astronomer Eleanor Helin at the U.S. Palomar Observatory in California, on 4 November 1975 .[8]
The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.7–2.9 AU once every 3 years and 6 months (1,283 days). Its orbit is tilted by 7 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic and shows an eccentricity of 0.25. It has a rotation period of 5.8 hours[7] and a high albedo in the range of 0.24 to 0.37, according to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and the U.S. Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission.[4][5][6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a somewhat more moderate albedo of 0.20 for the stony body.[3]
The asteroid was named by the discoverer to honor the memory of a friend, Edwin Lee Cline, who was a distinguished inventor in the automotive field who looked to space as the new frontier.[2]
References
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External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- 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
- 1982 Cline at the JPL Small-Body Database
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