2518 Rutllant

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2518 Rutllant
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by C. Torres
Discovery site Cerro El Roble Stn.
Discovery date22 March 1974
Designations
(2518) Rutllant
Named after
Federico Alcina (astronomer) [2]
1974 FG ·1974 HU
1978 NA3
main-belt  · Flora   [3]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 62.51 yr (22,832 days)
Aphelion 2.7078 AU
Perihelion 1.9098 AU
2.3088 AU
Eccentricity 0.1728
3.51 yr (1,281 days)
95.275°
0° 16m 51.6s / day
Inclination 5.9261°
205.58°
38.729°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions3.162±0.211 km [4] [5]
5.93 km (calculated) [3]
3.651±0.001 h [6]
0.24 (assumed) [3]
0.771±0.049 [4] [5]
S   [3]
13.3 [1] [3]  ·13.4 [4]  ·13.69±0.32 [7]

    2518 Rutllant, provisional designation 1974 FG, is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Chilean astronomer Carlos Torres at the Cerro El Roble Station of the National Astronomical Observatory in Chile, on 22 March 1974, and named for astronomer Federico Alcina. [2] [8]

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    Orbit and classification

    Rutllant is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.7  AU once every 3 years and 6 months (1,281 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.17 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] A first precovery was taken at Goethe Link Observatory in 1954, extending the body's observation arc by 20 years prior to its official discovery observation at Cerro El Roble. [8]

    Physical characteristics

    Rutllant has been characterized as a stony S-type asteroid. [3]

    Rotational lightcurve

    A rotational lightcurve was obtained by American astronomer Brian Warner at his Palmer Divide Observatory ( 716 ), Colorado, in October 2010. The lightcurve gave a well-defined period of 3.651 hours with a relatively low brightness variation of 0.12 in magnitude ( U=3 ). [6]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid has an outstandingly high albedo of 0.77 with a diameter of 3.2 kilometer, [4] [5] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) assumes an albedo of 0.24, derived from the Flora family's largest member and namesake, the asteroid 8 Flora. Consequently, CALL calculates a much larger diameter of 5.9 kilometer, as the lower the albedo (reflectivity), the larger the body's diameter at a constant absolute magnitude (brightness). [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named in memory of Spanish-born astronomer Federico Alcina (1904–1971), director of the Chilean National Astronomical Observatory (OAN), and professor of mathematics at Federico Santa María Technical University. [2]

    Alcina was instrumental for the development of Chilean astronomy, and responsible for a number of critical agreements and decisions, such as moving OAN from Lo Espejo to its current location, for the installment of the Maipú Radio Observatory upon an agreement with UF, for another agreement with UChicago, University of Texas, and later AURA — that resulted in the setup of the CTIO, as well as for an agreement with the former Soviet Academy of Sciences that lead to the building of the Cerro El Roble Station, where this minor planet was discovered. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 26 March 1986 ( M.P.C. 10545). [9]

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