2903 Zhuhai

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2903 Zhuhai
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by Purple Mountain Obs.
Discovery site Purple Mountain Obs.
Discovery date23 October 1981
Designations
(2903) Zhuhai
Named after
 Zhuhai   [1] (Chinese city)
1981 UV9 ·1955 MC
1973 UK4 ·1975 GC
1977 TN7 ·1977 VL2
main-belt   [1] [2]  ·(middle)
background   [3]  · Maria   [4] [5]
Orbital characteristics   [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 62.44 yr (22,808 d)
Aphelion 2.7128 AU
Perihelion 2.4104 AU
2.5616 AU
Eccentricity 0.0590
4.10 yr (1,497 d)
236.34°
0° 14m 25.44s / day
Inclination 14.350°
232.57°
243.97°
Physical characteristics
13.58±0.90  km [6]
13.581±0.896 km [6]
14.01±0.86 km [7]
5.263±0.002  h [8]
5.268±0.003 h [9]
6.152 h [4]
0.146±0.020 [7]
0.20(assumed) [10]
0.276±0.141 [6]
S   [10] [11]
11.35 [6]
11.60±0.40 [11]
11.7 [2] [10]
12.00 [7]

    2903 Zhuhai, provisional designation 1981 UV9, is a stony background or Marian asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 23 October 1981, by astronomers at Purple Mountain Observatory near Nanking, China. [1] The S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 5.26 hours. [10] It was named for the Chinese city of Zhuhai. [1]

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    Orbit and classification

    Based on osculating Keplerian orbital elements, Zhuhai has also been classified as a member of the Maria family ( 506 ), a large family of stony asteroids, named after 170 Maria. [4] When applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements, the asteroid 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 Maria family (according to Milani and Knežević). [5]

    It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.4–2.7  AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,497 days; semi-major axis of 2.56 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.06 and an inclination of 14° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] The body's observation arc begins with its first observation as 1955 MC at Goethe Link Observatory in June 1955, or 26 years prior to its official discovery observation at Nanking. [1]

    Physical characteristics

    Zhuhai has been characterized as a common, stony S-type asteroid by Pan-STARRS photometric survey. [10] [11]

    Rotation period

    Until 2012, three rotational lightcurves of Zhuhai have been obtained from photometric observations. [8] [9] [4] Best-rated lightcurve from the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory gave a well-defined rotation period of 5.263 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.32 magnitude ( U=3 ). [8] [10]

    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, Zhuhai measures between 13.58 and 14.01 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.146 and 0.276. [6] [7] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 13.58 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 11.7. [10]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after the city of located in the Guangdong province of southern China. [1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 11 March 1990 ( M.P.C. 16041). [12]

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