1118 Hanskya (prov. designation: 1927 QD) is a large background asteroid, approximately 77 kilometers (48 miles) in diameter, located in the outer regions of the asteroid belt. Discovered by Sergey Belyavsky and Nikolaj Ivanov in 1927, it was named after Russian astronomer Aleksey Hansky. The presumed dark C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 15.6 hours.
![]() Shape model of Hanskya from its lightcurve | |
Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | S. Belyavskyj N. Ivanov |
Discovery site | Simeiz Obs. |
Discovery date | 29 August 1927 |
Designations | |
(1118) Hanskya | |
Named after | Alexis Hansky (Russian astronomer)[2] |
1927 QD · 1930 DK 1935 BM | |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 89.83 yr (32,810 days) |
Aphelion | 3.3560 AU |
Perihelion | 3.0694 AU |
3.2127 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0446 |
5.76 yr (2,103 days) | |
306.45° | |
0° 10m 16.32s / day | |
Inclination | 13.952° |
318.76° | |
335.05° | |
Physical characteristics | |
70.954±0.220 km[6] 75.495±1.037 km[7] 77.03 km (derived)[8] 77.20±1.7 km[9] 79.80±1.04 km[10] 82.14±23.50 km[11] 82.70±28.83 km[12] 90.29±0.59 km[13] | |
15.61±0.01 h[14] | |
0.029±0.005[13] 0.03±0.06[12] 0.0358 (derived)[8] 0.04±0.02[11] 0.045±0.001[10] 0.0470±0.002[9] 0.0491±0.0084[7] 0.056±0.003[6] | |
C[8] | |
9.5[7][9][10] · 9.70[13] · 9.710±0.002 (R)[15] · 9.80[8][11] · 9.9[1] · 9.97[12] | |
Discovery
editHanskya was discovered on 29 August 1927, by Russian astronomers Sergey Belyavsky and Nikolaj Ivanov at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula.[3] The asteroid was independently discovered by two other prolific astronomers in the field, namely Karl Reinmuth at the German Heidelberg Observatory – who observed the body only one day later and announced it first – and by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at Uccle Observatory on 17 September.[2]
Orbit and classification
editHanskya is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements.[4][5] It orbits the Sun in the outer asteroid belt at a distance of 3.1–3.4 AU once every 5 years and 9 months (2,103 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.04 and an inclination of 14° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]
The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg or Simeiz one night after its official discovery observation.[3]
Naming
editThis minor planet was named on the 25th anniversary of the death of Russian Aleksey Hansky (1870–1908), whose initiative lead to the construction of the discovering Simeiz Observatory.[2]
Physical characteristics
editHanskya is an assumed carbonaceous C-type asteroid.[8]
Rotation period
editIn October 21010, a rotational lightcurve of Hanskya was obtained from photometric observations at the Sunflower Observatory in Kansas, United States (739). Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 15.61 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.18 magnitude (U=2).[14]
More recent observations at the Palomar Transient Factory and by French amateur astronomer René Roy gave a longer period of 25.31 and 25.3481 hours and an amplitude of 0.38 and 0.25, respectively (U=2/2).[16][15]
Diameter and albedo
editAccording to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Hanskya measures between 70.954 and 90.29 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.029 and 0.056.[6][7][9][10][11][12][13]
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives a low albedo of 0.0358 and a diameter of 77.03 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 9.8.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1118 Hanskya (1927 QD)" (2017-06-28 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b c Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1118) Hanskya". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1118) Hanskya. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 95. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1119. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ a b c "1118 Hanskya (1927 QD)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Asteroid 1118 Hanskya – Proper Elements". AstDyS-2, Asteroids – Dynamic Site. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Asteroid 1118 Hanskya". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ a b c Masiero, Joseph R.; Grav, T.; Mainzer, A. K.; Nugent, C. R.; Bauer, J. M.; Stevenson, R.; et al. (August 2014). "Main-belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE: Near-infrared Albedos". The Astrophysical Journal. 791 (2): 11. arXiv:1406.6645. Bibcode:2014ApJ...791..121M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; Tholen, D.; et al. (November 2011). "NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 25. arXiv:1109.6407. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. S2CID 35447010.
- ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (1118) Hanskya". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System. 12: IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; Ootsubo, Takafumi; et al. (October 2011). "Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 63 (5): 1117–1138. Bibcode:2011PASJ...63.1117U. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. (online, AcuA catalog p. 153)
- ^ a b c d Nugent, C. R.; Mainzer, A.; Masiero, J.; Bauer, J.; Cutri, R. M.; Grav, T.; et al. (December 2015). "NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year One: Preliminary Asteroid Diameters and Albedos". The Astrophysical Journal. 814 (2): 13. arXiv:1509.02522. Bibcode:2015ApJ...814..117N. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/814/2/117. S2CID 9341381. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d Nugent, C. R.; Mainzer, A.; Bauer, J.; Cutri, R. M.; Kramer, E. A.; Grav, T.; et al. (September 2016). "NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year Two: Asteroid Diameters and Albedos". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (3): 12. arXiv:1606.08923. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...63N. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/3/63.
- ^ a b c d Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; et al. (November 2012). "Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 759 (1): 5. arXiv:1209.5794. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759L...8M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. S2CID 46350317. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ a b Robinson, L. E. (June 2002). "Lightcurve Photometry of 551 Ortrud, 1118 Hanskya, and 1916 Boreas from Sunflower Observatory". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 29: 37–38. Bibcode:2002MPBu...29...37R. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ a b Waszczak, Adam; Chang, Chan-Kao; Ofek, Eran O.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Levitan, David; et al. (September 2015). "Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry". The Astronomical Journal. 150 (3): 35. arXiv:1504.04041. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...75W. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. S2CID 8342929. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1118) Hanskya". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
External links
edit- Lightcurve Database Query (LCDB), at www.minorplanet.info
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Geneva Observatory, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 1118 Hanskya at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 1118 Hanskya at the JPL Small-Body Database