21062 Iasky

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21062 Iasky
Discovery [1]
Discovered by C. Shoemaker
E. Shoemaker
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date13 May 1991
Designations
(21062) Iasky
Named after
Robert Iasky [1]
(Australian geophysicist)
1991 JW1 ·1990 EO9
2000 AE168
main-belt [1] [2]  ·(outer)
background [3] [4]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 35.85 yr (13,093 d)
Aphelion 3.1471 AU
Perihelion 2.9420 AU
3.0445 AU
Eccentricity 0.0337
5.31 yr (1,940 d)
316.99°
0° 11m 7.8s / day
Inclination 23.571°
149.18°
221.51°
Physical characteristics
19.034±0.210  km [5]
0.063±0.004 [5]
12.4 [1] [2]

    21062 Iasky (provisional designation 1991 JW1) is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers (12 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 13 May 1991, by American astronomers Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. It was named for Australian geophysicist Robert Iasky. [1]

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    Orbit and classification

    Iasky is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. [3] [4] It orbits the Sun in the outer asteroid belt at a distance of 2.9–3.1  AU once every 5 years and 4 months (1,940 days; semi-major axis of 3.04 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.03 and an inclination of 24° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] The body's observation arc begins in November 1982, with its first observations taken by the Siding Spring Observatory and published with the Digitized Sky Survey later on. [1]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after Australian geophysicist Robert Iasky (born 1956), who discovered the 120-kilometer-sized Woodleigh crater in the Carnarvon Basin of Western Australia while working with the Geological Survey of Western Australia. [1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 May 2003 ( M.P.C. 48396). [6]

    Physical characteristics

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Iasky measures 19.034 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.063, [5] which is typical for a carbonaceous C-type asteroid. As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of Iasky has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown. [2] [7]

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