1123 Shapleya

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1123 Shapleya
Discovery [1]
Discovered by G. Neujmin
Discovery site Simeiz Obs.
Discovery date21 September 1928
Designations
(1123) Shapleya
Named after
 Harlow Shapley
(American astronomer) [2]
1928 ST ·1974 QQ2
2016 FJ6
main-belt  · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 87.81 yr (32,073 days)
Aphelion 2.5741 AU
Perihelion 1.8758 AU
2.2250 AU
Eccentricity 0.1569
3.32 yr (1,212 days)
207.68°
0° 17m 49.2s / day
Inclination 6.4212°
79.889°
317.60°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions10.93±2.29 km [4]
11.282±0.136 km [5]
12.003±0.092 km [6]
12.08 km (taken) [3]
12.084 km [7]
12.32±0.84 km [8]
20 h (dated) [9]
24 h (dated) [10]
52.92±0.01 h [11]
0.2600±0.0630 [6]
0.274±0.044 [8]
0.278±0.037 [5]
0.2797 [7]
0.36±0.19 [4]
S [3]
11.55±0.29 [12]  ·11.59±0.13 [3] [7] [9]  ·11.60 [4]  ·11.7 [1] [6] [8]

    1123 Shapleya, provisional designation 1928 ST, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 September 1928, by Russian astronomer Grigory Neujmin at Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. [13] It was named after American astronomer Harlow Shapley. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Shapleya is a S-type asteroid and member of the Flora family of stony asteroids, one of the largest families of the main belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–2.6  AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,212 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] As no precoveries were taken, and no prior identifications were made, the body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Simeiz. [13]

    Lightcurves

    In November 2011, the so-far best rated rotational lightcurve of was obtained by American astronomer Robert Stephens at the Center for Solar System Studies in California. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 52.92 hours with a brightness variation of 0.38 magnitude ( U=3- ), [11] superseding observations by Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski and a group of French, Italian and Swiss astronomers, that gave a shorter period of 20 and 24 hours, respectively ( U=2/2 ). [9] [10] Shapleya has a relatively slow rotation period, as most minor planets have a spin rate between 2 and 20 hours.

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Shapleya measures between 10.93 and 12.32 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo between 0.26 and 0.36. [4] [5] [6] [8] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts Petr Pravec's revised WISE data, that is, an albedo of 0.2797 and a diameter of 12.084 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 11.59. [3] [7]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named by the discoverer after Harlow Shapley (1885–1972), American astronomer and director of Harvard Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [2] The lunar crater Shapley and the Shapley Supercluster are also named after him. Naming citation was first mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 ( H 105 ). [2]

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