3401 Vanphilos

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3401 Vanphilos
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by Harvard College Obs.
Discovery site Oak Ridge Obs.
(Agassiz Stn.)
Discovery date1 August 1981
Designations
(3401) Vanphilos
Named after
Vanessa Hall
Philip Osborne
(friends of G. V. Williams) [2]
1981 PA ·1946 DA
Mars crosser   [1] [3] [4]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 70.38 yr (25,708 days)
Aphelion 3.2195 AU
Perihelion 1.5147 AU
2.3671 AU
Eccentricity 0.3601
3.64 yr (1,330 days)
264.28°
0° 16m 14.16s / day
Inclination 21.797°
322.38°
108.64°
Mars  MOID 0.1190 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions7.023±1.045 km [5]
7.10±4.56 km [6]
10.30 km (calculated) [4]
4.225±0.001 h [7]
4.226±0.001 h [8]
4.2261±0.0005 h [lower-alpha 1]
4.227±0.005 h [9]
0.20 (assumed) [4]
0.31±0.15 [6]
0.377±0.198 [5]
SMASS = S   [1]  · S   [4]
12.29±0.27 [10]  ·12.3 [1] [4] [5]  ·12.65 [6]

    3401 Vanphilos, provisional designation 1981 PA, is a stony, eccentric asteroid and sizeable Mars-crosser, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 1 August 1981, by and at Harvard's Oak Ridge Observatory (Agassiz Station) in Massachusetts, United States. [3]

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    Orbit and classification

    Vanphilos orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.5–3.2  AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,330 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.36 and an inclination of 22° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] In 1946, it was first identified as 1946 DA at the Finnish Turku Observatory, extending the body's observation arc by 35 years prior to its official discovery at Harvard. [3]

    Physical characteristics

    In the SMASS taxonomy, Vanphilos is characterized as a common S-type asteroid. [1]

    Rotation period

    In February and March 2008, three rotational lightcurves of Vanphilos were obtained from photometric observations by astronomers Petr Pravec, James W. Brinsfield and Robert Stephens. Light-curve analysis gave a well defined rotation period of 4.225 and 4.226 hours, respectively, with a change in brightness between 0.50 and 0.54 magnitude ( U=3/3/3 ). [7] [8] [lower-alpha 1]

    In August 2014, astronomer Brian Warner derived a concurring period of 4.227 hours with an amplitude of 0.62 magnitude from his observations taken at the Palmer Divide Station in Colorado ( U=3 ). [9] Light-curve plots were published on-line by the Ondřejov Observatory and the Center for Solar System Studies. [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Vanphilos measures 7.02 and 7.10 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo of 0.377 and 0.31, respectively. [5] [6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 10.30 kilometers, as the lower the body's albedo (reflectivity), the larger its diameter, at a constant absolute magnitude. [4]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named for Vanessa Hall and Philip Osborne, by astronomer G. V. William to celebrate their marriage on 3 August 1991. [2] The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 August 1991 ( M.P.C. 18644). [11]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 Pravec (2008) web: rotation period 4.2261±0.0005 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.51 mag and quality code of 3. Summary figures for (3401) Vanphilos at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) and Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2008) at Ondřejov Observatory
    2. ↑ Online published Lightcure plots of (3401) Vanphilos at the Center for Solar System Studies (CS3) in 2014
    3. ↑ Online published lightcure plot of (3401) Vanphilos at Ondřejov Observatory in 2008

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