Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | S. J. Bus |
Discovery site | Siding Spring Obs. |
Discovery date | 2 March 1981 |
Designations | |
(10476) Los Molinos | |
Named after | Los Molinos Observatory [2] (Uruguayan observatory) |
1981 EY38 ·1978 NB3 | |
main-belt ·(inner) [3] background [4] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 39.31 yr (14,358 days) |
Aphelion | 2.9165 AU |
Perihelion | 1.7185 AU |
2.3175 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2585 |
3.53 yr (1,289 days) | |
95.559° | |
0° 16m 45.84s / day | |
Inclination | 9.4472° |
249.86° | |
38.678° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 2.853±0.014 km [5] [6] 2.96 km (calculated) [3] |
267.906±1.9703 h [7] | |
0.20 (assumed) [3] 0.3424±0.0425 [5] [6] | |
S [3] | |
14.4 [6] ·14.556±0.003(R) [7] ·14.6 [1] ·15.01 [3] ·15.33±0.50 [8] | |
10476 Los Molinos, provisional designation 1981 EY38, is a stony background asteroid and slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 2.9 kilometers (1.8 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 2 March 1981, by American astronomer Schelte Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. The asteroid was named for the Los Molinos Observatory in Uruguay. [2]
Los Molinos is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. [4] It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 1.7–2.9 AU once every 3 years and 6 months (1,289 days; semi-major axis of 2.32 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] The body's observation arc begins with its first observations as 1978 NB3 at Crimea–Nauchnij in July 1978. [2]
Based on its high albedo and its location within the asteroid belt, Los Molinos is an assumed S-type asteroid. [3]
In August 2010, a rotational lightcurve of Los Molinos was obtained from photometric observations in the R-band by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 267.906±1.9703 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.33 magnitude ( U=2 ). [7] This makes Los Molinos one of the top 200 slow rotators known to exist. [3]
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Los Molinos measures 2.853 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a high albedo of 0.34. [5] [6]
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 2.96 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 15.01. [3]
This minor planet was named after the Los Molinos Observatory ( 844 ) located near Montevideo in Uruguay. The observatory is known for its astrometric follow-up observations of asteroids and comets. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 13 April 2017 ( M.P.C. 103975/103976). [9]
2985 Shakespeare (prov. designation: 1983 TV1) is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 12 October 1983, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, and later named after William Shakespeare. The presumed S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 6.1 hours and measures approximately 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) in diameter.
4349 Tibúrcio, provisional designation 1989 LX, is a dark asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 29 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 5 June 1989, by German astronomer Werner Landgraf at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile.
2026 Cottrell, provisional designation 1955 FF, is a dark asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter.
6433 Enya, provisional designation 1978 WC, is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 18 November 1978, by Czech astronomer Antonín Mrkos at the Kleť Observatory in the Czech Republic. It was named for Irish musician Enya.
9991 Anežka, provisional designation 1997 TY7, is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter.
2751 Campbell, provisional designation 1962 RP, is a stony Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter.
3567 Alvema, provisional designation 1930 VD, is a dark asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle, on 15 November 1930. It was named after the discoverer's three great-granddaughters Aline, Vérionique and Martine.
1555 Dejan, provisional designation 1941 SA, is an asteroid from the background population of the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 September 1941, by Belgian astronomer Fernand Rigaux at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle. The asteroid was named after Dejan Đurković, son of Serbian astronomer Petar Đurković.
9298 Geake, provisional designation 1985 JM, is a Mitidika asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 May 1985, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell Observatory's Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. The asteroid was named for British astronomer John E. Geake.
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5088 Tancredi, provisional designation 1979 QZ1, is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 15 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 August 1979, by Swedish astronomer Claes-Ingvar Lagerkvist at ESO's La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. It is named after Uruguayan astronomer Gonzalo Tancredi.
3823 Yorii, provisional designation 1988 EC1, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers in diameter.
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12999 Toruń, provisional designation 1981 QJ2, is a carbonaceous Baptistina asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 August 1981, by British–American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell Observatory's Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona, and named after the Polish city of Toruń.
12564 Ikeller, provisional designation 1998 SO49, is a stony Koronian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter.
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