782 Montefiore is a minor planet, specifically an asteroid orbiting in the asteroid belt that was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 18 March 1914 and named for Clarice Sebag-Montefiore, wife of Alfons von Rothschild of Vienna. It is orbiting 2.18 AU from the Sun with an eccentricity of 0.04 and a period of 3.22 yr. The orbital plane of this asteroid is inclined by an angle of 5.26° to the plane of the ecliptic.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. Palisa |
| Discovery site | Vienna Observatory |
| Discovery date | 18 March 1914 |
| Designations | |
| (782) Montefiore | |
| 1914 UK | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 100.50 yr (36708 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.2639 AU (338.67 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.0953 AU (313.45 Gm) |
| 2.1796 AU (326.06 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.038666 |
| 3.22 yr (1175.3 d) | |
| 310.813° | |
| 0° 18m 22.68s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.2605° |
| 80.496° | |
| 81.938° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.10938 AU (165.961 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.71157 AU (405.645 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.675 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 5.94±0.3 km | |
| 4.0728 h (0.16970 d) | |
| 0.2919±0.035 | |
| 11.3 | |
10μ radiometric data collected from Kitt Peak in 1975 gave a diameter estimate of 15 km.[2] Photometric light curve studies from 1997 onward give a consistent rotation period of 4.07 hours.[3]
References
edit- ^ Yeomans, Donald K., "782 Montefiore", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 5 May 2016.
- ^ Morrison, D.; Chapman, C. R. (March 1976), "Radiometric diameters for an additional 22 asteroids", Astrophysical Journal, vol. 204, pp. 934–939, Bibcode:2008mgm..conf.2594S, doi:10.1142/9789812834300_0469.
- ^ Benishek, Vladimir (April 2016), "Photometric Observations and Lightcurve Analysis for Asteroids 782 Montefiore, (294739) 2008 CM, and (303142) 2004 DU24", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, 43 (2): 186–188, Bibcode:2016MPBu...43..186B.
External links
edit- 782 Montefiore at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 782 Montefiore at the JPL Small-Body Database
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