1412 Lagrula

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1412 Lagrula
Discovery [1]
Discovered by L. Boyer
Discovery site Algiers Obs.
Discovery date19 January 1937
Designations
(1412) Lagrula
Named after
 Philippe Lagrula (astronomer) [2]
1937 BA ·1929 US
1962 XM
main-belt  · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 86.64 yr (31,644 days)
Aphelion 2.4645 AU
Perihelion 1.9648 AU
2.2147 AU
Eccentricity 0.1128
3.30 yr (1,204 days)
145.58°
0° 17m 56.4s / day
Inclination 4.7178°
66.118°
14.052°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions7.78±1.36 km [4]
7.806±0.075 km [5]
9.068±0.047 km [6]
23±3 km [7]
23.98 km (calculated) [3]
5.882±0.001 h [8]
5.9176±0.0001 h [7]
0.058 (assumed) [3]
0.06 [7]
0.2378±0.0284 [6]
0.318±0.044 [5]
0.36±0.14 [4]
S [3] [9]
11.81±0.04 [3] [7]  ·12.3 [1]  ·12.4 [6]  ·12.62 [4]  ·12.73±0.75 [9]

    1412 Lagrula, provisional designation 1937 BA, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 or 23 kilometers in diameter, depending on the body's divergent reflectivity measurements.

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    It was discovered on 19 January 1937, by French astronomer Louis Boyer at the North African Algiers Observatory in Algeria. [10] It was later named after French astronomer Philippe Lagrula. [2]

    Classification and orbit

    Lagrula is a presumed member of the Flora family, a large group of stony S-type asteroids in the inner main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.5  AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,204 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.11 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] First identified as 1929 US at Lowell Observatory in 1929, the body's observation arc was extended by 8 years prior to its official discovery observation at Algiers. [10]

    Physical characteristics

    Photometry

    During March and April 2013, photometric observations of Lagrula were made over ten nights by Italian astronomer Giovanni Casalnuovo at Eurac Observatory ( C62 ) in Bolzano, Italy. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 5.9176 hours and a brightness variation of 0.28 magnitude ( U=2+ ). [7] In January 2016, a more refined period of 5.882 hours with an amplitude of 0.44 magnitude was obtained from a bimodal lightcurve by Spanish astronomer group OBAS, Observadores de Asteroides ( U=3 ). [8]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Lagrula measures 7.8 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo of 0.318 and 0.36, respectively (most recent results only). [4] [5] However, the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a carbonaceous albedo of 0.058 and calculates a diameter of 23.98 kilometers, [3] which is in agreement with Giovanni Casalnuovo, who published a diameter of 23±3 and an albedo of 0.06 using an absolute magnitude of 11.81. [7] Casalnuovo assumed a C-type, rather than an S-type, because he found an average V–R color index of 0.37±0.05 magnitude. [7]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after French astronomer Joanny-Philippe Lagrula (1870–1941), discoverer of the minor planet 775 Lumière and director of the Quito Astronomical Observatory and Algiers Observatory. [2] Naming citation was neither published in The Names of the Minor Planets nor in the Minor Planet Circulars , but researched and compiled by astronomer and author Lutz D. Schmadel, based on his private communications with his colleges (LDS). [11]

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