2384 Schulhof

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2384 Schulhof
002384-asteroid shape model (2384) Schulhof.png
Shape model of Schulhof from its lightcurve
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by M. Laugier
Discovery site Nice Obs.
Discovery date2 March 1943
Designations
(2384) Schulhof
Named after
 Lipót Schulhof   [2]
(Hungarian astronomer)
1943 EC1 ·1943 GV
1960 FE ·1962 WL1
1970 RP ·1981 FF
A909 BF
main-belt   [1] [3]  ·(middle)
Schulhof   [4]
Orbital characteristics   [3]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 108.97 yr (39,803 d)
Aphelion 2.9231 AU
Perihelion 2.2989 AU
2.6110 AU
Eccentricity 0.1195
4.22 yr (1,541 d)
256.37°
0° 14m 0.96s / day
Inclination 13.530°
7.9084°
205.72°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
11.485±0.174  km [5]
11.721±0.138 km [6]
12.66 km (calculated) [7]
3.294±0.006  h [8]
0.21 (assumed) [7]
0.2733±0.0217 [6]
0.280±0.045 [5]
S (assumed)  [7]
11.7 [6]
11.8 [3] [7]

    2384 Schulhof (prov. designation: 1943 EC1) is a mid-sized asteroid and the namesake of the Schulhof family, located in the Eunomian region of the intermediate asteroid belt. It was discovered on 2 March 1943, by French astronomer Marguerite Laugier at Nice Observatory in southeastern France. [1] The asteroid was later named after Hungarian astronomer Lipót Schulhof. [2] The presumed S-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 3.3 hours and measures approximately 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) in diameter.

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    Orbit and classification

    Schulhof is the principal body and namesake of the Schulhof family, a small asteroid family within the region of the Eunomia family of the main-belt. [4] [9] It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 2.3–2.9  AU once every 4 years and 3 months (1,541 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.12 and an inclination of 14° with respect to the ecliptic. [3] It was first observed as A909 BF at Heidelberg Observatory in 1909. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Nice in 1943. [1]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named in memory of Austrian–Hungarian astronomer Lipót Schulhof (1847–1921), observer of asteroids and comets, discoverer of the main-belt asteroid 147 Protogeneia, and awardee of the Lalande Prize. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 17 February 1984, based on a suggestion by Brian G. Marsden ( M.P.C. 8541). [10]

    Physical characteristics

    Schulhof is an assumed S-type asteroid. [7]

    Rotation period

    Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Schulhof 2384Schulhof (Lightcurve Inversion).png
    Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Schulhof

    In April 2002, a rotational lightcurve of Schulhof was obtained from photometric observations at the U.S. Oakley Observatory. It gave a well-defined rotation period of 3.294±0.006 hours with a brightness variation of 0.43 magnitude ( U=3 ). [8]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Schulhof measures 11.5 and 11.7 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.27 and 0.28, respectively. [5] [6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.21 – derived form 15 Eunomia, the family's largest member and namesake – and calculates a diameter of 12.7 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 11.8. [7]

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