13003 Dickbeasley

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13003 Dickbeasley
Discovery [1]
Discovered by E. Bowell
Discovery site Anderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date21 March 1982
Designations
(13003) Dickbeasley
Named after
Dick Beasley (NAU, artist) [2]
1982 FN ·1982 HJ2
main-belt  ·(inner) [3]
background
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 34.66 yr (12,661 days)
Aphelion 3.0838 AU
Perihelion 2.0332 AU
2.5585 AU
Eccentricity 0.2053
4.09 yr (1,495 days)
227.37°
0° 14m 26.88s / day
Inclination 26.560°
177.56°
33.358°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
5.41 km (calculated) [3]
8.240±0.119 km [4] [5]
3.4992±0.0090  h [6]
3.4999±0.0005 h [7]
3.502±0.001 h [8]
0.074±0.011 [4] [5]
0.20 (assumed) [3]
S (assumed) [3]
13.7 [1] [3] [4]  ·14.402±0.008 (S) [6]  ·14.25±0.89 [9]

    13003 Dickbeasley, provisional designation 1982 FN, is a background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station on 21 March 1982. [2] The asteroid was named in memory of American NAU administrator Dick Beasley. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Dickbeasley is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.0–3.1  AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,495 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.21 and an inclination of 27° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation, as no precoveries were taken, and no prior identifications were made. [2]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named in memory of American Richard "Dick" E. Beasley (1934–1992), a teacher and administrator at Northern Arizona University. He was also a multi-media artist and a preeminent figure in the calligraphic world. [2] The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 February 2009 ( M.P.C. 65122). [10]

    Physical characteristics

    Rotation period

    In April 2015, a rotational lightcurve of Dickbeasley was obtained from photometric observations made at the Phillips Academy Observatory ( I12 ). It gave a rotation period of 3.502 hours with a brightness variation of 0.44 magnitude ( U=3- ). [8] One month later, in May 2015, observations at Texas Tech's Preston Gott Observatory gave a concurring period of 3.4999 hours with an amplitude of 0.30 magnitude ( U=3- ). [7]

    These results supersede the first obtained lightcurve at the Palomar Transient Factory from September 2012, which gave a period of 3.4992 hours and an amplitude of 0.42 ( U=2 ). [6]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Dickbeasley measures 8.2 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.07, [4] [5] while he Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 5.4 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 13.7. [3]

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