26074 Carlwirtz

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26074 Carlwirtz
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by H.-E. Schuster
Discovery site La Silla Obs.
Discovery date8 October 1977
Designations
(26074) Carlwirtz
Named after
 Carl Wilhelm Wirtz   [1]
(German astronomer)
1977 TD ·1996 KH
Mars-crosser   [2]  · Hungaria   [1]
binary   [3] [4]
Orbital characteristics   [2]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 40.83 yr (14,913 d)
Aphelion 1.9722 AU
Perihelion 1.6499 AU
1.8110 AU
Eccentricity 0.0890
2.44 yr (890 d)
198.66°
0° 24m 15.84s / day
Inclination 31.613°
102.81°
73.302°
Known satellites 1 (D: n.a. km; P: 16.11 h) [4] [lower-alpha 1]
Earth  MOID 0.7534 AU (294 LD)
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
2.54 km (est.) [3]
3.62 km (est.) [4]
2.5493±0.0003 h [5] [lower-alpha 1]
0.16(assumed) [4]
0.30(assumed) [3]
E (assumed) [3]
14.9 [3]
15.0 [1] [2]

    26074 Carlwirtz (provisional designation 1977 TD) is a dynamical Hungaria asteroid and binary Mars-crosser from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers (2 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 8 October 1977, by German astronomer Hans-Emil Schuster at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. The likely binary asteroid on a relatively circular orbit has a short rotation period of 2.5 hours. [3] It was named for German astronomer Carl Wilhelm Wirtz. [1] The system's suspected minor-planet moon of unknown size was first detected in 2013. [5]

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    Orbit and classification

    Carlwirtz is a member of the Mars-crossing asteroids, a dynamically unstable group between the main belt and the near-Earth populations, crossing the orbit of Mars at 1.66  AU. [1] [6] It also belongs to the dynamical Hungaria group, which forms the innermost dense concentration of asteroids in the Solar System. [3] It is, however, not a member of the Hungaria family ( 003 ), but a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements. [6] [7]

    It orbits the Sun in the innermost asteroid belt at a distance of 1.65–1.97  AU once every 2 years and 5 months (890 days; semi-major axis of 1.81 AU). Its orbit has an unusually low eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 32° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] The body's observation arc begins at La Silla Observatory in October 1977, on the night following its official discovery observation. [1]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after Carl Wilhelm Wirtz (1875–1939), a German astronomer at Strasbourg and Kiel observatories. In 1924, he revealed statistically the redshift-distance relationship of spiral nebulae. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 September 2004 ( M.P.C. 52769). [8]

    Physical characteristics

    Carlwirtz is an assumed E-type asteroid, [3] but may as well be a common S-type asteroid, since the E-type is typical found among members of the Hungaria family rather than among the larger, encompassing dynamical group with the same name.

    Rotation period

    In June 2013, a rotational lightcurve of Carlwirtz was obtained from photometric observations by American photometrist Brian Warner at the Palmer Divide Station ( U82 ) in California. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 2.5493±0.0003 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.11±0.01 magnitude ( U=3 ). [5] [lower-alpha 1] Follow-up observations by Warner in May 2018 gave a similar period 2.539±0.002 hours ( U=2+ ). [3] [lower-alpha 2]

    Satellite

    During the observations in June 2013, Warner also noted that Carlwirtz is likely a synchronous binary asteroid with a minor-planet moon in its orbit. [5] [lower-alpha 1] While the satellite dimension could not be determined, it has an orbital period of 16.11 hours with an estimated semi-major axis of 6.1 kilometers. [4] However, neither in 2013 nor in the 2018-observations any eclipsing/occultation events could be detected. Instead the asteroid has a classically shaped bimodal lightcurve instead. Since Carlwirtz has a period that is close to two thirds of an Earth-day, single-station observations have difficulties to track a complete lightcurve. [3] [5] [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]

    Diameter and albedo

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.30 – a compromise value between the S-type (0.20) and E-type (0.40) asteroids – and calculates a diameter of 2.54 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 14.9. [3] [5] According to estimates by Johnston's archive, Carlwirtz measures 3.62 kilometers in diameter for an assumed albedo of 0.16.

    Notes

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 Lightcurve plot of (26074) Carlwirtz Warner (2013), at the Palmer Divide Station ( U82 ). Primary rotation period: 2.5493±0.0003 hours. Secondary rotation period: 16.11±0.02 hours. Quality code is 3. Summary figures at the LCDB and CS3 website.
    2. 1 2 Warner (2018). Lightcurve plot of follow-up observation from May 2018 Quality code is 2+. Summary figures at the LCDB and CS3 website.

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