Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | LINEAR |
Discovery site | Lincoln Lab's ETS |
Discovery date | 4 January 2000 |
Designations | |
(19738) Calinger | |
Named after | Manetta Calinger (DCYSC mentor) [2] |
2000 AS97 ·1991 RZ36 | |
main-belt · inner background | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 26.88 yr (9,819 days) |
Aphelion | 2.7043 AU |
Perihelion | 1.8606 AU |
2.2824 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1848 |
3.45 yr (1,260 days) | |
165.65° | |
0° 17m 8.88s / day | |
Inclination | 7.7356° |
90.753° | |
280.16° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 3.272±0.082 [3] |
0.314±0.056 [3] | |
14.1 [1] | |
19738 Calinger (provisional designation 2000 AS97) is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 4 January 2000, by members of the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research team at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site in Socorro, New Mexico, and named after DCYSC-mentor Manetta Calinger. [2] [4]
Calinger is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 1.9–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,260 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the ecliptic. [1]
The body's observation arc begins almost 10 years prior to its official discovery observation, with a precovery from the Digitized Sky Survey taken at Palomar Observatory in May 1990. [4]
According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite, and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Calinger measures 3.272 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a high albedo of 0.314. [3] It has an absolute magnitude of 14.1. [1]
As of 2017, Calinger's rotation period and shape remain unknown. [1] [5]
This minor planet was named after Manetta Calinger who mentored a finalist in the 2003 Discovery Channel Youth Science Challenge, DCYSC. [2] The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 10 October 2003 ( M.P.C. 49772). [6]
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