1514 Ricouxa
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. Wolf |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 22 August 1906 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1514 Ricouxa |
|
Named after
|
unknown (named by A. Patry)[2] |
| 1906 UR · 1936 ME 1939 HC · 1940 XA 1970 XA · A916 OC |
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| main-belt · Flora [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 108.73 yr (39,715 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6881 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7946 AU |
| 2.2413 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1993 |
| 3.36 yr (1,226 days) | |
| 167.20° | |
| Inclination | 4.5349° |
| 145.85° | |
| 179.09° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 8.129±0.021 km[4] 6.66±0.27 km[5] 7.07 km (derived)[3] |
| 10.438 h[6] 10.033±0.002 h[7] 10.42466 h[8] 10.42468±0.00005 h[9] |
|
| 0.1821±0.0397[4] 0.363±0.046[5] 0.24 (assumed)[3] |
|
| S [3] | |
| 12.7[1] | |
1514 Ricouxa, provisional designation 1906 UR, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany on 22 August 1906.[10]
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 1.8–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,226 days). Its orbit is tilted by 5 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic and shows a notable eccentricity of 0.20. The body rotates around its axis once every 10.4 hours and has an albedo of 0.18 and 0.36, according to two different observations made by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.[4][5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an intermediate albedo of 0.24, a figure more in line with those typically found for Flora asteroids.[3]
The minor planet was named by French astronomer André Patry (1902–1960), after whom the asteroid 1601 Patry is named. However, any reference to a person or occurrence for the name Ricouxa remains unknown.[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
- 1514 Ricouxa at the JPL Small-Body Database
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