2169 Taiwan

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2169 Taiwan
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by Purple Mountain Obs.
Discovery site Purple Mountain Obs.
Discovery date9 November 1964
Designations
(2169) Taiwan
Named after
 Taiwan
(Island of Taiwan) [2]
1964 VP1 ·1938 DV1
1975 BH1 ·1977 RF8
1979 FG
main-belt  ·(middle)  [3]
Astrid   [4]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 79.28 yr (28,957 days)
Aphelion 2.9244 AU
Perihelion 2.6564 AU
2.7904 AU
Eccentricity 0.0480
4.66 yr (1,703 days)
116.98°
0° 12m 41.4s / day
Inclination 1.5286°
71.855°
358.45°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions14.39 km (calculated) [3]
16.52±4.57 km [5]
17.96±4.92 km [6]
18.22±0.51 km [7]
18.39±0.30 km [8]
19.263±0.139 km [9] [10]
7.252±0.0014 h [11]
0.042±0.006 [9]
0.0423±0.0059 [10]
0.05±0.06 [5]
0.05±0.07 [6]
0.057 (assumed) [3]
0.057±0.015 [8]
0.085±0.005 [7]
SMASS = C   [1]  · C   [3] [12]
12.00 [7]  ·12.40 [8]  ·12.488±0.003(R) [11]  ·12.50 [6] [10]  ·12.59±0.32 [12]  ·12.6 [1]  ·12.69 [5]  ·12.94 [3]

    2169 Taiwan, provisional designation 1964 VP1, is a carbonaceous Astridian asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 9 November 1964, by astronomers at the Purple Mountain Observatory near Nanking, China. [13] It was named for Taiwan. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Taiwan is a member of the Astrid family ( 515 ), a smaller asteroid family of nearly 500 carbonaceous asteroids. The family is located in the outermost central main-belt, near a prominent Kirkwood gap, that marks the 5:2 orbital resonance with Jupiter, and divides the asteroid belt into a central and outer part. [4] [14] [15] : 23 

    Taiwan orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.7–2.9  AU once every 4 years and 8 months (1,703 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.05 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic. [1]

    The body's observation arc begins with its first identification as 1938 DV1 at Heidelberg Observatory in February 1938, almost 27 years prior to its official discovery observation at Nanking. [13]

    Physical characteristics

    In the SMASS classification, and according to PanSTARRS photometric survey, Taiwan is a carbonaceous C-type asteroid. [1] [12]

    Rotation period

    In September 2010, a rotational lightcurve of Taiwan was obtained from photometric observations in the R-band by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 7.252 hours with a brightness variation of 0.17 magnitude ( U=2 ). [11]

    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, Taiwan measures between 16.52 and 19.263 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.042 and 0.085. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for carbonaceous asteroids of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 14.39 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.94. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after the Island of Taiwan (former Formosa). Taiwan, or the Republic of China, is a country southeast of mainland China. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 February 1980 ( M.P.C. 5184). [16]

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