2039 Payne-Gaposchkin

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2039 Payne-Gaposchkin
Discovery  [1]
Discovery site Harvard College Obs.
(George R. Agassiz Station)
Discovery date14 February 1974
Designations
(2039) Payne-Gaposchkin
Named after
 Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
(British–American astronomer) [2]
1974 CA
main-belt  · Themis   [3]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 42.57 yr (15,547 days)
Aphelion 3.6024 AU
Perihelion 2.7559 AU
3.1792 AU
Eccentricity 0.1331
5.67 yr (2,070 days)
257.61°
0° 10m 26.04s / day
Inclination 2.5252°
95.866°
41.997°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions13.55 km (calculated) [3]
13.612±0.291 km [4] [5]
13.7±1.4 km [6]
27.6329±0.5535 h [7]
0.08 (assumed) [3]
0.09±0.02 [6]
0.095±0.010 [4] [5]
C   [3] [8]
12.5 [4]  ·12.60 [6]  ·12.7 [1] [3]  ·13.157±0.007(S) [7]  ·13.18±0.30 [8]

    2039 Payne-Gaposchkin, provisional designation 1974 CA, is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 14 February 1974, by astronomers at the George R. Agassiz Station of the Harvard College Observatory in Massachusetts, United States. [9] It was named for British–American astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. [2]

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    Classification and orbit

    Payne-Gaposchkin is a member of the Themis family, a dynamical family of carbonaceous asteroids with nearly coplanar ecliptical orbits, located in the outer-belt main. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.8–3.6  AU once every 5 years and 8 months (2,070 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.13 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Oak Ridge in 1974. [9]

    Physical characteristics

    Pan-STARRS ' photometric survey characterized Payne-Gaposchkin as a carbonaceous C-type asteroid. [8]

    Lightcurves

    In October 2011, a rotational lightcurve of Payne-Gaposchkin was obtained from photometric observations in the S-band by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. Lightcurve analysis gave a longer than average rotation period of 27.6329 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.24 magnitude ( U=2 ). [7]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Payne-Gaposchkin measures 13.612 and 13.7 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.09 and 0.095, respectively. [4] [5] [6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for Themistian asteroids of 0.08 and calculates a diameter of 13.55 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.7. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after British–American astronomer Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900–1979), who was a Harvard professor of astronomy and staff member of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Considered a pioneer of modern astrophysics, her research focused on high luminosity and variable stars including giants and supergiants, as well as novae and supernovae. Payne-Gaposchkin also authored several astronomy textbooks on variable stars. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 October 1977 ( M.P.C. 4238). [10]

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