12848 Agostino
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Boattini |
| Discovery site | Campo Imperatore Obs. |
| Discovery date | 10 July 1997 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 12848 Agostino |
|
Named after
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Agostino Boattini (discoverer's father)[2] |
| 1997 NK10 · 1993 QQ10 | |
| main-belt · Eunomia [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 65.49 yr (23,920 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8476 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3566 AU |
| 2.6021 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0943 |
| 4.20 yr (1,533 days) | |
| 356.63° | |
| Inclination | 15.071° |
| 172.86° | |
| 249.34° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 4.55 km (caculated)[3] |
| 6.3225±0.0052 h[3] 6.3350±0.0258 h[4] |
|
| 0.21 (assumed)[3] | |
| S [3] | |
| 13.6[1] | |
12848 Agostino, provisional designation 1997 NK10, is a stony asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, about 4.6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 July 1997, by Italian astronomer Andrea Boattini at the Campo Imperatore Observatory in the Gran Sasso massif of central Italy.[5]
The asteroid is a member of the Eunomia family, a large group of S-type asteroids and the most prominent family in the intermediate main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.4–2.8 AU once every 4 years and 2 months (1,533 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.09 and is tilted by 15 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. In 2012 and 2013, two photometric light-curve analysis at the Palomar Transient Factory Survey have rendered a rotation period of 6.32 and 6.34 hours, respectively.[4] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.21 for the asteroid's surface, identical the to albedo of the family's namesake, 15 Eunomia.[3]
The minor planet was named after Agostino Boattini (b. 1932), the father of the discoverer.[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 (10001)-(15000) – Minor Planet Center
- 12848 Agostino at the JPL Small-Body Database
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