5951 Alicemonet
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Bowell |
| Discovery site | Lowell Observatory (Anderson Mesa Station) |
| Discovery date | 7 October 1986 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5951 Alicemonet |
|
Named after
|
Alice Monet (astronomer)[2] |
| 1986 TZ1 · 1973 SJ5 1983 XE1 |
|
| main-belt · Flora [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 63.73 yr (23,278 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6777 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7164 AU |
| 2.1970 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2187 |
| 3.26 yr (1,190 days) | |
| 293.93° | |
| Inclination | 5.3711° |
| 88.411° | |
| 286.07° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 5.990±0.053 km[4] 6.21 km (calculated)[3] |
| 3.8871±0.0005 h[5] | |
| 0.2840±0.0307[4] 0.24 (assumed)[3] |
|
| S [3] | |
| 13.2[1] | |
5951 Alicemonet, provisional designation 1986 TZ1, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 October 1986, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Anderson Mesa Station of the U.S. Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.[6]
The S-type asteroid is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.7–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,190 days). Its orbit is tilted by 5 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic and shows a notable eccentricity of 0.22. In 2012, a photometric light-curve analysis rendered a rotation period of 3.9 hours using the SARA telescope at Cerro Tololo, Chile.[5] The body's albedo amounts to 0.28, according to the NEOWISE mission of the space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer,[4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a somewhat more typical value of 0.24.[3]
The minor planet was named after American female astronomer Alice K.B. Monet (b. 1954, née Babcock) at the United States Naval Observatory Flagstaff Station and former chair of the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the AAS. She contributed to the NEAR Shoemaker and Galileo Mission and is known for her numerous astrometric observations.[2]
References
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External links
- IAU: Individual Members – Alice K.B. Monet
- 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 (5001)-(10000) – Minor Planet Center
- 5951 Alicemonet at the JPL Small-Body Database
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