2037 Tripaxeptalis

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2037 Tripaxeptalis
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by P. Wild
Discovery site Zimmerwald Obs.
Discovery date25 October 1973
Designations
(2037) Tripaxeptalis
Named after
Tripaxeptalis (fantasy name)
(3 ×  679 Pax = 7 ×  291 Alice) [2]
1973 UB ·A917 SN
main-belt  · Flora   [3]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 43.52 yr (15,894 days)
Aphelion 2.6046 AU
Perihelion 1.9996 AU
2.3021 AU
Eccentricity 0.1314
3.49 yr (1,276 days)
235.93°
0° 16m 55.92s / day
Inclination 4.2509°
9.5018°
346.18°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.956±0.213 km [4] [5]
6.21 km (calculated) [3]
2.33±0.01 h [6]
0.198±0.032 [4] [5]
0.24 (assumed) [3]
S   [3]
13.2 [1] [3]  ·13.44±0.12 [7]  ·13.5 [4]

    2037 Tripaxeptalis, provisional designation 1973 UB, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter.

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    It was discovered on 25 October 1973, by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland. [8] The asteroid's constructed name "Tripaxeptalis" derives from a numbers game with the asteroids 679 Pax and 291 Alice. [2]

    Orbit and classification

    Tripaxeptalis is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest collisional populations of stony asteroids. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.6  AU once every 3 years and 6 months (1,276 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.13 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic. [1]

    In September 1917, the asteroid was first identified as A917 SN at Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Zimmerwald. [8]

    Physical characteristics

    Rotation period

    In January 2006, a rotational lightcurve of Tripaxeptalis was obtained from photometric observations by astronomer Adrián Galád at Modra Observatory in Slovakia. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 2.33 hours with a brightness variation of 0.10 magnitude ( U=2 ). The ambiguous lightcurve gave an alternative period solution of 2.23 hours and an amplitude of 0.10. [6]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Tripaxeptalis measures 5.956 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.198. [4] [5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora, the largest member and namesake of its family – and calculates a diameter of 6.21 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.2. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet's constructed name "Tripaxeptalis" (tri–Pax–hepta–Alice) refers to the fact that its number, 2037, matches 3 × 679 Pax as well as 7 × 291 Alice. [2] The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 June 1980 ( M.P.C. 5359). [9]

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