2181 Fogelin

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2181 Fogelin
002181-asteroid shape model (2181) Fogelin.png
Shape model of Fogelin from its lightcurve
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by K. Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date28 December 1942
Designations
(2181) Fogelin
Named after
Eric S. Fogelin  [1]
(MPC staff member)
1942 YA ·1952 HC2
1975 VF9
main-belt   [1] [2]  ·(middle)
Eunomia   [3] [4]
Orbital characteristics   [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 75.08 yr (27,422 d)
Aphelion 2.8986 AU
Perihelion 2.2836 AU
2.5911 AU
Eccentricity 0.1187
4.17 yr (1,523 d)
354.25°
0° 14m 10.68s / day
Inclination 13.007°
17.286°
116.18°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
10.067±0.109  km [5]
10.420±0.089 km [6]
11.29±0.85 km [7]
11.55 km(calculated) [3]
14.07±0.01  h [8]
0.200±0.031 [7]
0.21 (assumed) [3]
0.2376±0.0548 [6]
0.252±0.046 [5]
S (assumed) [3]
12.0 [2] [3]  ·12.10 [6] [7]

    2181 Fogelin (prov. designation: 1942 YA) is an Eunomia asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers (7 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 28 December 1942, by Germany astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany. [1] In 1980, it was named for Eric S. Fogelin an assistant at the Minor Planet Center. [1] The likely elongated S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 14.07 hours. [3]

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    Orbit and classification

    Fogelin is a member of the Eunomia family ( 502 ), [3] [4] a prominent family of stony asteroid and the largest one in the intermediate main belt with more than 5,000 known members. [9] It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.3–2.9  AU once every 4 years and 2 months (1,523 days; semi-major axis of 2.59 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.12 and an inclination of 13° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg with its official discovery observation in December 1942. [1]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named by Brian Marsden and Conrad Bardwell of the Minor Planet Center, after their assistant, Eric S. Fogelin. During 1979–1980, he was preparing the center's computerized data and helped publishing the Minor Planet Circulars. [1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 August 1980 ( M.P.C. 5451). [10]

    Physical characteristics

    Fogelin is an assumed S-type asteroid, [3] in line with the overall spectral type seen among Eunomian asteroids. [9] : 23  Near-IR spectroscopy at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility with the SpeX instrument showed that the asteroid contains mafic minerals, which are rich in magnesium and iron. [11]

    Rotation period

    In March 2010, a rotational lightcurve of Fogelin was obtained from photometric observations by Richard Durkee at the Shed of Science Observatory ( H39 ) in the United States. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 14.07 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.57 magnitude, indicative of an elongated shape ( U=3 ). [8]

    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, Fogelin measures between 10.067 and 11.29 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.200 and 0.252. [5] [6] [7] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.21 – derived from 15 Eunomia, the family's parent body and namesake – and calculates a diameter of 11.55 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.0. [3]

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