1216 Askania

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1216 (One after Magna Carta) Askania
Discovery [1]
Discovered by K. Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date29 January 1932
Designations
(1216) Askania
Named after
Askania Werke
(German manufacturer) [2]
1932 BL ·1952 DH
1984 YY6 ·A909 GF
main-belt  ·(inner)
Flora [3] [4]  · background [5]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 110.32 yr (40,295 days)
Aphelion 2.6325 AU
Perihelion 1.8328 AU
2.2327 AU
Eccentricity 0.1791
3.34 yr (1,219 days)
134.38°
0° 17m 43.44s / day
Inclination 7.5997°
121.60°
144.64°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
7.21±0.38  km [6]
9.62±2.53 km [7]
10.08±0.54 km [8]
10.533±0.089 km [6]
6.536±0.003  h [9]
0.064±0.009 [6]
0.070±0.008 [8]
0.136±0.014 [6]
0.15±0.09 [7]
0.24 (assumed) [3]
Tholen = S [1]  · S [3]
B–V = 0.903 [1]
13.49 [1] [3] [6] [7] [8]

    1216 Askania, provisional designation 1932 BL, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 29 January 1932, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany. [10] It was named after the company Askania Werke, a German manufacturer of precision instruments. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Askania orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.8–2.6  AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,219 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] The asteroid is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest families in the asteroid belt. [4] [lower-alpha 1] Conversely, it is considered a background asteroid when applying the hierarchical clustering method to it proper orbital elements. [5]

    The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Heidelberg in 1932. In July 1906, a first precovery was taken at the Lowell Observatory, and in April 1909, the asteroid was first identified at the discovering observatory as A909 GF. [10]

    Naming

    The minor planet was named after "Askania Werke AG", a manufacturer of optical and astronomical instruments in Berlin (also see Cinetheodolite). [1] The company went on to develop the auto pilot of the V-1 bomb in the following years. [11] The official naming citation was published by Paul Herget in The Names of the Minor Planets in 1955 ( H 112 ). [2]

    Physical characteristics

    In the Tholen classification, Askania is a common stony S-type asteroid. [1]

    Lightcurves

    Lightcurve observations of Askania at the Menke Observatory in July 2006, show a well-defined periodicity of 6.536 hours, during which time the brightness of the body varies by 0.30 magnitude ( U=3- ). [9]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite, and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Askania measures between 7.21 and 10.533 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.064 and 0.15. [6] [7] [8]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora, an stony asteroid and largest member and namesake of the Flora family – and calculates a diameter of 5.44 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 13.49. [3] [lower-alpha 1]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link groups any asteroid into the Flora family that has a semi-major axis, inclination and eccentricity in the following ranges: 2.15 < a < 2.35; 0.03 < e < 0.23: 1.5 < i < 8. However, modern synthetic clustering models exclude (1216) Askania from the Flora family, see AstDyS-2 and Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0.

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