31179 Gongju

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31179 Gongju
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by N. Sato
Discovery site Chichibu Obs.
Discovery date21 December 1997
Designations
(31179) Gongju
Named after
 Gongju   [1]
(South Korean city)
1997 YR2 ·1989 TM9
1999 CS56
main-belt   [1] [2]  ·(inner)
Nysa   [3] [4]
Orbital characteristics   [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 28.39 yr (10,369 d)
Aphelion 2.9123 AU
Perihelion 1.9732 AU
2.4427 AU
Eccentricity 0.1922
3.82 yr (1,394 d)
192.32°
0° 15m 29.52s / day
Inclination 3.4527°
81.303°
248.25°
Physical characteristics
4.675±0.152  km [5] [6]
5.04 km (calculated) [3]
4.829±0.001  h [7]
0.21(assumed) [3]
0.353±0.028 [5] [6]
S (SDSS-MOC) [3] [8]
13.4 [6]
13.8 [2] [3]

    31179 Gongju (provisional designation 1997 YR2) is a stony Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers (3 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 21 December 1997, by Japanese amateur astronomer Naoto Sato at his Chichibu Observatory near Tokyo, central Japan. [1] The S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 4.8 hours and possibly an elongated shape. [3] It was named for the South Korean city of Gongju. [1]

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    Orbit and classification

    Gongju is a member of the Nysa family ( 405 ), [3] [4] the largest asteroid family of the main belt, consisting of stony and carbonaceous subfamilies. The family, named after 44 Nysa, is located near the 3:1 orbital resonance with Jupiter, a depleted zone that separates the inner from the intermediate asteroid belt. [9]

    It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 2.0–2.9  AU once every 3 years and 10 months (1,394 days; semi-major axis of 2.44 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.19 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] The body's observation arc begins with its observations as 1989 TM9 at ESO's La Silla Observatory in October 1989, more than 8 years prior to its official discovery observation at Chichibu. [1]

    Physical characteristics

    Based on the Moving Object Catalog (MOC) of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Gongju has a spectral type of a stony S-type asteroid. [8]

    Rotation period

    In October 2012, a rotational lightcurve of Gongju was obtained from photometric observations by American astronomer John Ruthroff at the Shadowbox Observatory in Indiana. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 4.829 hours with a high brightness amplitude of 0.80 magnitude, indicative of a non-spherical shape ( U=3 ). [7]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Gongju measures 4.675 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.353, [5] [6] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.21 and calculates a diameter of 5.04 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.8. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after the South Korean city of Gongju, located in Chungcheongnam Province. It has a population of approximately 120,000 and was the capital of Baekje dynasty in the 5th century AD and the seat of the provincial government until 1932. [1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 14 May 2014 ( M.P.C. 88406). [10]

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