1345 Potomac

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1345 Potomac
Discovery [1]
Discovered by J. H. Metcalf
Discovery site Taunton Obs.
Discovery date4 February 1908
Designations
(1345) Potomac
Named after
 Potomac River [2]
(U.S. Mid-Atlantic river)
1908 CG ·1932 CF
1932 EA ·1932 FB
1971 DE2
main-belt  ·(outer) [3]
Hilda [1] [4]  · background [5]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 111.20 yr (40,617 d)
Aphelion 4.7100 AU
Perihelion 3.2611 AU
3.9856 AU
Eccentricity 0.1818
7.96 yr (2,906 d)
31.380°
0° 7m 26.04s / day
Inclination 11.402°
137.43°
333.12°
Jupiter  MOID 0.4592 AU
TJupiter 2.9930
Physical characteristics
71.82±3.0  km [6]
72.975±0.463 km [7]
76.72±2.34 km [8]
11.41±0.01  h [9]
0.039±0.003 [8]
0.043±0.008 [7]
0.0439±0.004 [6]
Tholen = X [3]  · C [4] [10]
B–V = 0.719 [3]
U–B = 0.286 [3]
9.73 [3] [4] [6] [8]
9.9 [1]

    1345 Potomac ( /pəˈtoʊmək/ ⓘ ), provisional designation 1908 CG, is a dark Hildian asteroid from the outermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 73 kilometers (45 mi) in diameter. It was discovered on 4 February 1908, by American astronomer Joel Metcalf at the Taunton Observatory ( 803 ) in Massachusetts, United States. [1] The X-type asteroid has a rotation period of 11.4 hours. [4] It was named for the Potomac River on which Washington, D.C. is located. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Potomac is member of the dynamical Hilda group, which stays in 3:2 orbital resonance with Jupiter. [1] [4] It is, however, not a member of the Hilda family but a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the Hierarchical Clustering Method to its proper orbital elements. [5]

    It orbits the Sun in the outermost asteroid belt at a distance of 3.3–4.7  AU once every 7 years and 12 months (2,910 days; semi-major axis of 3.99 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 11° with respect to the ecliptic. [3] The body's observation arc begins at the United States Naval Observatory, three weeks after its official discovery observation at Taunton. [1]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after the U.S. Potomac River in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, on which Washington, D.C. is located. The river flows from West Virginia into the Chesapeake Bay and forms the southern boundary of Maryland. The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 ( H 122 ). [2]

    Physical characteristics

    In the Tholen classification, Potomac is an X-type asteroid. [3] It has also been characterized as a carbonaceous C-type asteroid by Pan-STARRS photometric survey. [10]

    Rotation period

    Two rotational lightcurves of Potomac was obtained from photometric observations. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 11.40 and 11.41 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.22 and 0.24 magnitude, respectively ( U=2/3 ). [11] [9]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Potomac measures between 71.82 and 76.72 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.039 and 0.0439. [6] [7] [8]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts the results obtained by IRAS, that is, an albedo of 0.0439 and a diameter of 71.82 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 9.73. [4]

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