(11474) 1982 SM2

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(11474) 1982 SM2
Discovery [1]
Discovered by H. Debehogne
Discovery site La Silla Obs.
Discovery date18 September 1982
Designations
(11474) 1982 SM2
1982 SM2 ·1995 KD
main-belt  · Baptistina [2]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 32.59 yr (11,905 days)
Aphelion 2.7224 AU
Perihelion 1.8294 AU
2.2759 AU
Eccentricity 0.1962
3.43 yr (1,254 days)
76.029°
0° 17m 13.56s / day
Inclination 5.4069°
348.59°
355.61°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.71 km (calculated) [2]
1917.2214±2716 h [3]
0.057 (assumed) [2]
C [2]
14.493±0.001(R) [3]  ·14.7 [1]  ·14.94 [2]  ·14.94±0.61 [4]

    (11474) 1982 SM2 is a carbonaceous Baptistina asteroid and potentially slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 18 September 1982, by Belgian astronomer Henri Debehogne at ESO ' La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. [5]

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    Orbit and classification

    The C-type asteroid belongs to the small Baptistina family. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.8–2.7  AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,254 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] As no precoveries were taken, and no prior identifications were made, the asteroid's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation. [5]

    Physical characteristics

    In September 2013, a rotational lightcurve of this asteroid was obtained from photometric observations in the R-band at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. It gave an exceptionally long rotation period of 1917 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.04 magnitude ( U=1 ). [3] However, the fragmentary light-curve has received a low quality rating by the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) which means that the result could be completely wrong (also see potentially slow rotator). [2] [3]

    CALL assumes a standard albedo for carbonaceous asteroids of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 5.71 kilometers, based on an absolute magnitude of 14.49. [2]

    Numbering and naming

    This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 28 September 1999. [6] As of 2018, it has not been named. [5]

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    References

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