120375 Kugel

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120375 Kugel
Discovery [1]
Discovered by C. Rinner
Discovery site Ottmarsheim Obs.
Discovery date10 August 2005
Designations
(120375) Kugel
Named after
 François Kugel [1]
(French astronomer)
2005 PB6 ·1998 SM108
2001 KE74
main-belt [1] [2]  ·(inner)
background [3] [4]  · near-Flora [5]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 1 July 2021 (JD 2459396.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 22.53 yr (8,228 d)
Aphelion 2.8289 AU
Perihelion 1.8077 AU
2.3183 AU
Eccentricity 0.2202
3.53 yr (1,289 d)
189.77°
0° 16m 45.12s / day
Inclination 2.7591°
229.91°
97.616°
Physical characteristics
1.05  km (calculated) [5]
6.923±0.0085  h [6]
0.24 (assumed) [5]
S/Q (SDSS-MOC) [7]
16.619±0.003(R) [6]
16.7 [2]  ·17.07 [5]

    120375 Kugel, provisional designation : 2005 PB6, is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 1 kilometer (0.6 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 10 August 2005, by French amateur astronomer Claudine Rinner at her Ottmarsheim Observatory ( 224 ) in France. [1] The stony S/Q-type asteroid in the region of the Florian clan has a tentative rotation period of 6.9 hours. [5] It was named after French astronomer François Kugel. [1]

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    Orbit and classification

    Kugel is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements. [3] [4] Based on osculating Keplerian orbital elements, the asteroid has also been considered a member of the Flora family ( 402 ), a giant asteroid clan and the largest family of stony asteroids in the main belt. [5]

    It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 1.8–2.8  AU once every 3 years and 6 months (1,289 days; semi-major axis of 2.32 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.22 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] The body's observation arc begins with its first observation as 1998 SM108 at Lincoln Laboratory ETS in September 1998, nearly 7 years prior to its official discovery observation at Ottmarsheim. [1]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after French amateur astronomer François Kugel (born 1959), an active observer of comets and a collaborator of the discoverer. He has founded the Chante-Perdrix Observatory ( A77 ) in 2005. [1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 August 2009 ( M.P.C. 66728). [8]

    Physical characteristics

    In the SDSS-based taxonomy, Kugel has an SQ-type that transitions between the common S-type and less common Q-type asteroids. [7]

    Rotation period

    In August 2012, a rotational lightcurve of Kugel was obtained from photometric observations in the R-band by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. Lightcurve analysis gave a tentative rotation period of 6.923±0.0085 hours with a weak brightness amplitude of 0.09 magnitude ( U=1 ). [6] As of 2021, no secure period has been obtained. [5]

    Diameter and albedo

    Kugel has not been observed by any of the space-based surveys such as the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the Akari satellite or IRAS. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora the parent body of the Flora family – and calculates a diameter of 1.05 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 17.07. [5]

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