687 Tinette is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting primarily in the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 16 August 1909 from Vienna and was given the preliminary designation 1909 HG.
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | J. Palisa |
Discovery site | Vienna |
Discovery date | 16 August 1909 |
Designations | |
(687) Tinette | |
1909 HG | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 97.38 yr (35569 d) |
Aphelion | 3.4628 AU (518.03 Gm) |
Perihelion | 1.9794 AU (296.11 Gm) |
2.7211 AU (407.07 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.27256 |
4.49 yr (1639.5 d) | |
260.701° | |
0° 13m 10.488s / day | |
Inclination | 14.878° |
334.346° | |
52.932° | |
Physical characteristics | |
7.40 h (0.308 d)[2][1] | |
11.71 | |
Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1999 were used to build a light curve for this object. The asteroid displayed a rotation period of 7.40 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.25 ± 0.01 in magnitude.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "687 Tinette (1909 HG)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ a b Warner, Brian D. (January 2011), "Upon Further Review: IV. An Examination of Previous Lightcurve Analysis from the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 52–54, Bibcode:2011MPBu...38...52W.
External links
edit- Lightcurve plot of 687 Tinette, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (1999)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- 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
- 687 Tinette at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 687 Tinette at the JPL Small-Body Database