1016 Anitra

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1016 Anitra
Discovery [1]
Discovered by K. Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date31 January 1924
Designations
(1016) Anitra
Pronunciation /əˈniːtrə/
Named after
fictional character
in drama Peer Gynt [2]
1924 QG ·1929 TE1
main-belt  ·(inner) [3]
Flora [4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 93.42 yr (34,123 days)
Aphelion 2.5035 AU
Perihelion 1.9356 AU
2.2196 AU
Eccentricity 0.1279
3.31 yr (1,208 days)
176.01°
0° 17m 53.16s / day
Inclination 6.0352°
8.8588°
53.320°
Known satellites 1 [5] [6]
Physical characteristics
Dimensions9.539±0.078 km [7]
10.302±0.068 km [8]
12.97 km (calculated) [3]
5.928±0.001 h [9]
5.9288±0.0005 h [10]
5.929±0.001 h [11]
5.9295±0.0005 h [12]
5.92951 h [3]
5.9294±0.0001 h [6]
5.9300±0.0001 h [6]
5.930 h [13]
5.93 h [lower-alpha 1]
5.9301±0.0003 h [14]
0.20 (assumed) [3]
0.2728±0.0572 [8]
0.308±0.048 [7]
SMASS = S [1]  · S [3]
11.8 [3]  ·11.9 [1]  ·12.0 [8]

    1016 Anitra, provisional designation 1924 QG, is a stony Florian asteroid and suspected asynchronous binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter.

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    It was discovered on 31 January 1924, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany. [15] The asteroid was likely named after the fictional character Anitra from Henrik Ibsen's drama Peer Gynt . [2]

    Orbit and classification

    Anitra is a member of the Flora family ( 402 ), a giant asteroid family and the largest family of stony asteroids in the main-belt. [4] [16] : 23 

    It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.5  AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,208 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.13 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] The asteroid's observation arc begins at Heidelberg, 12 days after to its official discovery observation. [15]

    Physical characteristics

    In the SMASS classification, Anitra is a common, stony S-type asteroid. [1]

    Rotation period

    In November 2015, a rotational lightcurve of Anitra was obtained from photometric observations by an international collaborations of astronomers who combined their observational results. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 5.92951 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.30 magnitude ( U=3 ). [6]

    Binary system

    Anitra is a suspected asynchronous binary asteroid, a system with a fairly large separation, for which tidal forces have been insufficient to synchronize the periods within the system's lifetime. [5] [6] The likely minor-planet moon has a rotation period of 2.609 hours and is thought to orbit its primary every 240 hours. The results, however, are still tentative. [3] More than 100 known binaries from the asteroid belt have already been discovered.

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Anitra measures 9.539 and 10.302 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.2728 and 0.308, respectively. [7] [8]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony S-type asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 12.97 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 11.8. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was probably named after the Arabian dancer Anitra, daughter of a Bedouin chief in Henrik Ibsen's drama Peer Gynt , a five-act play in verse. The music was composed by Edvard Grieg who named one piece "Anitra's Dance". [2] The minor planets (4872) and (5696) are named after Grieg and Ibsen, respectively. [2]

    The official naming citation is based on research by Lutz Schmadel and feedback from astronomers R. Bremer and I. van Houten-Groeneveld. [2]

    Notes

    1. ↑ Menke (2011) web: rotation period 5.93 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.50 magnitude and a quality code of 2. Summary figures at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL)

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