11665 Dirichlet

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11665 Dirichlet
Discovery [1]
Discovered by P. G. Comba
Discovery site Prescott Obs.
Discovery date14 April 1997
Designations
(11665) Dirichlet
Named after
 Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet [1]
(German mathematician)
1997 GL28
main-belt [1]  ·( outer ) [2]
Griqua [3] [4]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 23.97 yr (8,756 d)
Aphelion 3.7625 AU
Perihelion 2.7963 AU
3.2794 AU
Eccentricity 0.1473
5.94 yr (2,169 d)
298.55°
0° 9m 57.6s / day
Inclination 15.787°
215.21°
309.39°
TJupiter 3.0980
Physical characteristics
6.803±0.358  km [5] [6]
0.087±0.014 [5]
14.1 [1] [2]

    11665 Dirichlet, provisional designation 1997 GL28, is a Griqua asteroid and a 2:1 Jupiter librator from the outermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6.8 kilometers (4 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 14 April 1997, by astronomer Paul Comba at the Prescott Observatory in Arizona, United States. The asteroid was named after German mathematician Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet. [1]

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    Orbit and classification

    Dirichlet is a Griqua asteroid, a small dynamical group of asteroids located in the otherwise sparsely populated Hecuba gap (2:1 resonance with Jupiter), which is one of the largest Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt. [3] [4] It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.8–3.8  AU once every 5 years and 11 months (2,169 days; semi-major axis of 3.28 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an inclination of 16° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] The body's observation arc begins prior to its official discovery observation with a precovery taken by Spacewatch in October 1994. [1]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after German mathematician Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859), who was the successor of Carl Friedrich Gauss and the predecessor of Bernhard Riemann at the University of Göttingen. His contributions include the first rigorous proof that the Fourier series converges. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 23 November 1999 ( M.P.C. 36951). [7]

    Physical characteristics

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Dirichlet measures 6.8 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.09. [5] [6] As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of Dirichlet has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown. [2] [8]

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    References

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