1967 Menzel

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1967 Menzel
001967-asteroid shape model (1967) Menzel.png
Modelled shape of Menzel from its lightcurve
Discovery [1]
Discovered by M. F. Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date1 November 1905
Designations
(1967) Menzel
Named after
 Donald Menzel
(American astrophysicist) [2]
A905 VC ·1930 DS
1965 SF ·1965 VH
1970 EM ·1973 CE
1975 UH ·1975 VE
main-belt  ·(inner) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 111.50 yr (40,724 days)
Aphelion 2.5437 AU
Perihelion 1.9238 AU
2.2337 AU
Eccentricity 0.1388
3.34 yr (1,219 days)
183.67°
0° 17m 42.72s / day
Inclination 3.9008°
57.801°
347.83°
Physical characteristics
9.588±0.181  km [1] [4]
10.138±0.092 km [5]
10.18 km (taken) [3]
10.182 km [6]
2.834±0.001  h [7]
2.8343±0.0003 h [lower-alpha 1]
2.8344±0.0002 h [lower-alpha 2]
2.8346±0.0003 h [8]
2.83481±0.00001 h [9]
2.83497±0.00005 h [9]
2.835±0.001 h [10]
2.8350±0.0005 h [11]
2.8364±0.0005 h [12]
2.84±0.03 h [13]
0.2145 [6]
0.2279±0.0397 [5]
0.251±0.070 [1] [4]
S [3]
11.76±0.03(R) [lower-alpha 2]  ·12.1 [1]  ·12.21 [5]  ·12.25±0.058 [3] [6]  ·12.34±0.23 [14]

    1967 Menzel (prov. designation: A905 VC) is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 November 1905, by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany, and later named after American astrophysicist Donald Howard Menzel. [2] [15]

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    Classification and orbit

    Menzel is a stony S-type asteroid that orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.5  AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,219 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.14 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] The body's observation arc begins with its first used observation at Goethe Link Observatory in 1965, or 60 years after its official discovery, with a number of unused observations previously made at Heidelberg. [15]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after American astrophysicist Donald Howard Menzel (1901–1976), who was the director of the Harvard College Observatory and a pioneer in theoretical and observational astrophysics. Menzel, a mentor of several prolific astronomers, calculated Atomic Transition Probabilities, analysed the composition of stars from their spectra, studied the physics of gaseous nebulae and the Sun's chromosphere, observed solar eclipses, and measured the rotation period of Uranus and Neptune by means of spectroscopy. Menzel was also popular for debunking UFO sightings. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 18 April 1977 ( M.P.C. 4158). [16]

    Physical characteristics

    Between September 2005 and November 2015, a total of least 10 rotational lightcurves were obtained for this asteroid from photometric observations from several observatories all over the world. They all gave a concurring, well-defined rotation period of 2.83–2.84 hours with a brightness variation between 0.24 and 0.39 magnitude.( U=3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/2+/3 ). [7] [8] [9] [11] [10] [12] [13] [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]

    According to the space-based survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Menzel measures between 9.6 and 10.2 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.21 and 0.25. [1] [5] [6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives a typical albedo for stony asteroids of 0.21 and a diameter of 10.1 kilometers, with an absolute magnitude of 12.25. [3]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 Pravec (2010) web: rotation period 2.8343±0.0003 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.25 mag. Summary figures for (1967) Menzel at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) and Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2010)
    2. 1 2 3 Pravec (2007) web: rotation period 2.8344±0.0002 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.24 magnitude. Summary figures for (1967) Menzel at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) and Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2007)

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