1987 Kaplan

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1987 Kaplan
1987Kaplan (Lightcurve Inversion).png
Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Kaplan
Discovery [1]
Discovered by P. F. Shajn
Discovery site Simeiz Obs.
Discovery date11 September 1952
Designations
(1987) Kaplan
Named after
 Samuil Kaplan [2]
(Soviet astrophysicist)
1952 RH
main-belt  ·(inner)
Phocaea [3] [4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 64.54 yr (23,573 days)
Aphelion 2.9234 AU
Perihelion 1.8422 AU
2.3828 AU
Eccentricity 0.2269
3.68 yr (1,343 days)
238.97°
0° 16m 4.8s / day
Inclination 23.645°
314.23°
38.176°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions11.70±2.27 km [5]
13.017±0.159 km [6]
13.52±0.39 km [7]
13.89 km (calculated) [3]
14.606±0.104 km [8]
9.453±0.002 h [9] [lower-alpha 1]
9.45950±0.00005 h [10]
9.46±0.01 h [11] [lower-alpha 2]
9.49±0.02 h [12]
0.2094±0.0448 [8]
0.23 (assumed) [3]
0.262±0.053 [6]
0.278±0.017 [7]
0.28±0.12 [5]
S (assumed) [3]
11.40 [7]  ·11.5 [1] [3] [8]  ·11.81 [5]  ·12.23±1.34 [13]

    1987 Kaplan, provisional designation 1952 RH, is a stony Phocaea asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 11 September 1952, by Soviet astronomer Pelageya Shajn at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. [14] The asteroid was named after Soviet astrophysicist Samuil Kaplan. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Kaplan is a member of the Phocaea family ( 701 ), [3] [4] a large family of stony asteroids with nearly two thousand known members. [15] : 23 

    It orbits the Sun in the inner main belt at a distance of 1.8–2.9  AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,343 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.23 and an inclination of 24° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Simeiz in September 1952. [14]

    Physical characteristics

    Kaplan is an assumed S-type asteroid, in agreement with the overall spectral type of the Phocaea family. [15] : 23 

    Rotation period

    Between 2000 and 2011, three rotational lightcurves of Kaplan were obtained from photometric observations by astronomer Brian Warner at his Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado, United States. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period between 9.453 and 9.49 hours with a brightness amplitude from 0.46 to 0.65 magnitude ( U=3/3/3 ). [9] [11] [12] [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 1]

    Poles

    In addition a modeled lightcurve, using photometric data from various sources, gave a concurring period of 9.45950 hours and determined two spin axis of (356.0°, −58.0°) and (233.0°, −89.0°) in ecliptic coordinates. [10]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Kaplan measures between 11.70 and 14.606 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.2094 and 0.28. [5] [6] [7] [8]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.23 – derived from 25 Phocaea, the family's parent body and namesake, and calculates a diameter of 13.89 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 11.5. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after Samuil Kaplan (1921–1978), Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist at Lvov University Observatory ( 067 ), Ukraine, and at the Radiophysical Research Institute in Nizhny Novgorod (formerly known as Gorky), Russia. His research included a variety of astrophysical fields, such as white dwarfs, interstellar matter, radiative transfer, solar radiation, pulsars and galactic nuclei. [2]

    The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 June 1980 ( M.P.C. 5358). [16]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 Lightcurve plot of (1987) Kaplan, Brian Warner at the Palmer Divide Observatory (2011). Rotation period 9.453±0.002 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.65±0.02 mag. Quality code of 3. Summary figures at the LCDB.
    2. 1 2 Lightcurve plot of (1987) Kaplan, Brian Warner at the Palmer Divide Observatory (2000). Rotation period 9.46±0.01 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.47±0.01 mag. Quality code of 3. Summary figures at the LCDB.

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