2324 Janice

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2324 Janice
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by E. F. Helin
S. J. Bus
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date7 November 1978
Designations
(2324) Janice
Named after
Janice Cline  [1]
(Supporter at Caltech)
1978 VS4 ·1929 WH
1934 VR ·1949 ME
1961 UP ·1971 OC1
1975 EM2 ·1977 RY4
A911 MC
main-belt   [1] [2]  ·(outer)
background   [3]  · Themis   [4] [5]
Orbital characteristics   [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 83.28 yr (30,418 d)
Aphelion 3.6382 AU
Perihelion 2.5282 AU
3.0832 AU
Eccentricity 0.1800
5.41 yr (1,977 d)
245.72°
0° 10m 55.56s / day
Inclination 0.3995°
315.66°
305.63°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
23.55  km (calculated) [4]
24.33±6.61 km [6]
24.44±1.22 km [7]
25.76±7.43 km [8]
28.463±0.354 km [9]
28.532±0.238 km [10]
28.9±15.91 km [11]
31.19±15.91 km [12]
23.2±0.1  h [11]
0.038±0.004 [10]
0.050±0.040 [12]
0.06±0.04 [6]
0.0601±0.0049 [9]
0.07±0.03 [8]
0.08 (assumed) [4]
0.093±0.010 [7]
C (assumed) [4]
11.30 [7]  ·11.40 [8] [9] [12]
11.46±0.36 [13]  ·11.5 [2] [4]
11.68 [6]

    2324 Janice, provisional designation 1978 VS4, is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 25 kilometers (16 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 7 November 1978, by American astronomers Eleanor Helin and Schelte Bus at the Palomar Observatory in California. [1] The asteroid was named for Janice Cline at Caltech. The presumably C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 23.2 hours. [4]

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    Orbit and classification

    Based on osculating Keplerian orbital elements, Janice is located in the region of the Themis family ( 602 ), a very large family of carbonaceous asteroids, named after 24 Themis. [4]

    When applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements, the object is both a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population (according to Nesvorný), [3] as well as a core member of the Themis family (according to Milani and Knežević). [5]

    It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.5–3.6  AU once every 5 years and 5 months (1,977 days; semi-major axis of 3.08 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 0° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] The body's observation arc begins with its first observation as A911 MC at Lowell Observatory in June 1911, more than 67 years prior to its official discovery observation at Palomar. [1]

    Physical characteristics

    Janice is a presumed carbonaceous C-type asteroid which is the overall spectral type of members of the Themis family ( 602 ). [4]

    Rotation period

    In October 2010, a rotational lightcurve of Janice was obtained from photometric observations by Gordon Gartrelle at the University of North Dakota Observatory in Grand Forks ( 730 ). Lightcurve analysis gave a tentative rotation period of 23.2 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.19 magnitude ( U=2- ). [11] As of 2018, no secure period has been obtained. [4]

    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, Janice measures between 24.33 and 31.19 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.038 and 0.093. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [12]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.08 and calculates a diameter of 23.55 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 11.5. [4]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after Janice Cline, who for many years has encouraged astrometric studies of minor planets at Caltech. [1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 March 1981 ( M.P.C. 5850). [14]

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