1038 Tuckia

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1038 Tuckia
Discovery [1]
Discovered by M. F. Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date24 November 1924
Designations
(1038) Tuckia
Named after
 Edward Tuck
(American philanthropist) [2]
1924 TK ·1932 VA
main-belt  ·(outer) [1]
Hilda [3] [4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 92.34 yr (33,728 days)
Aphelion 4.8595 AU
Perihelion 3.1044 AU
3.9820 AU
Eccentricity 0.2204
7.95 yr (2,902 days)
340.94°
0° 7m 26.4s / day
Inclination 9.1840°
57.769°
305.02°
Jupiter  MOID 0.7613 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions52.69±2.41 km [5]
58.3 km (DASTCOM) [1]
58.36 km (derived) [4]
23.2 h [6]
0.0244±0.006 [1]
0.030±0.003 [5]
0.0304 (derived) [4]
Tholen = DTU: [1]  ·DTU: [4]
B–V = 0.768 [1]
U–B = 0.232 [1]
10.58 [4] [6]  ·10.60±0.45 [7]  ·10.82 [1] [5]

    1038 Tuckia, provisional designation 1924 TK, is rare-type Hilda asteroid from the outermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 58 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 November 1924, by German astronomer by Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany. [3] The asteroid was named after American banker Edward Tuck and his wife. [2]

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    Classification and orbit

    Tuckia is a member of the Hilda family, an orbital group of asteroids in the outermost main-belt, that stay in a 3:2 orbital resonance with the gas giant Jupiter. This means that the asteroid makes 3 orbits for every 2 orbits Jupiter makes. [3]

    It orbits the Sun at a distance of 3.1–4.9  AU once every 7 years and 11 months (2,902 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.22 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] The asteroids's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Heidelberg. [3]

    Physical characteristics

    In the Tholen classification, Tuckia is a rare DTU:-type, a subtype of the dark D-type asteroids. [1]

    Lightcurves

    In the 1990s, a rotational lightcurve of Tuckia was obtained from photometric observations by Swedish astronomer Dahlgren and colleges during a survey of Hildian asteroids. Lightcurve analysis gave a somewhat longer than average rotation period of 23.2 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.1 magnitude ( U=2 ). [6]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite, Tuckia measures 52.69 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.030, [5] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0304 and a diameter of 58.36 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.82. [4]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after American banker and philanthropist Edward Tuck (1842–1938) and his wife. He is the son of Amos Tuck who was a founder of the Republican Party in the United States. The name was suggested by G. Camille Flammarion. The official naming citation was published by Paul Herget in The Names of the Minor Planets in 1955 ( H 99 ). [2]

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