1134 Kepler

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(1134) Kepler
Discovery [1]
Discovered by M. F. Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date25 September 1929
Designations
(1134) Kepler
Named after
 Johannes Kepler
(astronomer) [2]
1929 SA ·1951 SA
Mars-crosser [1] [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 86.62 yr (31,638 days)
Aphelion 3.9338 AU
Perihelion 1.4219 AU
2.6779 AU
Eccentricity 0.4690
4.38 yr (1,601 days)
320.25°
0° 13m 29.64s / day
Inclination 15.312°
5.7988°
332.89°
Earth  MOID 0.4329 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions4±1 km (generic) [4]
0.1148 day [5]
SMASS = S [1]
14.2 [1]

    1134 Kepler, provisional designation 1929 SA, is a stony asteroid and eccentric Mars-crosser from the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 25 September 1929, by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany. [3] It is named after Johannes Kepler. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Kepler orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.4–3.9  AU once every 4 years and 5 months (1,601 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.47 and an inclination of 15° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg, the night after its official discovery observation. [3]

    Physical characteristics

    In the SMASS taxonomy, Kepler is a stony S-type asteroid. [1]

    Diameter and albedo

    Its diameter has not been estimated by any of the prominent space-based surveys such as the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS (1982), the Japanese Akari satellite (2006), NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (2009) or its subsequent NEOWISE mission (2013). [1] Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, Kepler's diameter is between 3 and 8 kilometer for an absolute magnitude of 14.2 and an assumed albedo in the range of 0.25 to 0.05. [4] Since its spectral type falls into the class of stony asteroids, which have an averaged standard albedo around 0.20, Kepler's generic diameter is close to 4 kilometers, as the higher a body's albedo (reflectivity), the shorter its diameter at a fixed absolute magnitude (brightness). [4]

    Kepler's rotation period is 0.1148 day, [5] a pretty common value for asteroids of this size. [6] [7]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named on the commemoration of the 300th death anniversary of astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571–1630), best known for his laws of planetary motion. Kepler is also honored by a lunar and Martian crater, by Kepler Dorsum – a mountain ridge on the Martian moon Phobos, and by Kepler's Supernova. [2]

    Naming citation was first published in 1930, in the astronomy journal Astronomical Notes (AN 240, 135). [2] The space observatory Kepler and its many discovered exoplanets also bear his name (see also Kepler (disambiguation)).

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    References

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    2. 1 2 3 4 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1134) Kepler". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1134) Kepler. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 96. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1135. ISBN   978-3-540-00238-3.
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    4. 1 2 3 "Absolute Magnitude (H)". NASA/JPL. Archived from the original on 2 March 2001. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
    5. 1 2 "(1134) Kepler lightcurve". CdR-CdL. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
    6. ↑ "LCDB Data for (1134) Kepler". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 8 February 2017.
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