2927 Alamosa

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2927 Alamosa
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by N. G. Thomas
Discovery site Anderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date5 October 1981
Designations
(2927) Alamosa
Named after
 Alamosa, Colorado   [2]
(discoverer's birthplace)
1981 TM ·1936 OA
1975 EN2
main-belt   [3]  ·(middle) [4]
background   [5]
Orbital characteristics   [3]
Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 82.26 yr (30,044 d)
Aphelion 2.9605 AU
Perihelion 2.1020 AU
2.5312 AU
Eccentricity 0.1696
4.03 yr (1,471 d)
162.56°
0° 14m 40.92s / day
Inclination 17.022°
150.47°
189.56°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
11.83  km (calculated) [4]
4.3832  h [6]
0.20 (assumed) [4]
S   [4] [7] [8] [9]
12.1 [1] [3]

    2927 Alamosa, provisional designation 1981 TM, is a stony background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) in diameter. The asteroid was discovered on 5 October 1981, by American astronomer Norman Thomas at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona. [1] The S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 4.4 hours. [4] It was named after the U.S. town of Alamosa in Colorado. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Alamosa is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 2.1–3.0  AU once every 4.03 years (1,471 days; semi-major axis of 2.53 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.17 and an inclination of 17° with respect to the ecliptic. [3] It was first identified as 1936 OA at Heidelberg Observatory in 1936, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 45 years prior to its official discovery observation at Anderson Mesa. [1]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after the U.S. town of Alamosa, Colorado, located in the San Luis Valley on the upper Rio Grande. The town is the birthplace of the discovering astronomer, Norman Thomas. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 20 December 1983 ( M.P.C. 8405). [10] Almosa is Spanish for cottonwood tree.

    Physical characteristics

    Alamosa has been characterized as a common S-type asteroid by Pan-STARRS ' survey, [4] [7] the Small Solar System Objects Spectroscopic Survey (S3OS2), [5] [9] as well as in the SDSS-based taxonomy. [8] In the SMASS-like variant of the S3OS2 taxonomy, Alamosa is a K-type asteroid. [5] [9]

    In April and May 2012, a rotational lightcurve was obtained from photometric observations made at the Phillips Academy Observatory ( I12 ). Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 4.3832±0.0002 hours with a brightness variation of 0.26 in magnitude ( U=3 ). [6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 11.8 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.0. [4]

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