4151 Alanhale

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4151 Alanhale
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by C. S. Shoemaker
E. M. Shoemaker
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date24 April 1985
Designations
(4151) Alanhale
Named after
 Alan Hale (astronomer) [2]
1985 HV1 ·1968 HD
1976 SO1 ·1979 FX1
1982 SZ4 ·1985 JX
main-belt  · Themis   [3]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 48.95 yr (17,878 days)
Aphelion 3.5904 AU
Perihelion 2.7017 AU
3.1461 AU
Eccentricity 0.1412
5.58 yr (2,038 days)
346.46°
0° 10m 35.76s / day
Inclination 1.0079°
67.051°
75.088°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions15.37 km (calculated) [3]
19.526±0.269 km [4] [5]
22.66±0.59 km [6]
11.9177±0.0047 h [7]
0.045±0.006 [5] [6]
0.0734±0.0099 [4]
0.08 (assumed) [3]
C   [3] [8]
11.976±0.003(R) [7]  ·12.0 [4]  ·12.20 [6]  ·12.3 [1]  ·12.43 [3]  ·12.78±0.21 [8]

    4151 Alanhale, provisional designation 1985 HV1, is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by the American astronomer couple Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the U.S. Palomar Observatory, California, on 24 April 1985. [9] It was named for American astronomer Alan Hale. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Alanhale is a member of the Themis family, a dynamical family of outer-belt asteroids with nearly coplanar ecliptical orbits. It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.7–3.6  AU once every 5 years and 7 months (2,038 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.14 and an inclination of 1° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] It was first identified as 1968 HD at Zimmerwald Observatory in 1968, extending the body's observation arc by 17 years prior to its official discovery observation at Palomar. [9]

    Physical characteristics

    Alanhale has been characterized as a dark C-type asteroid by PanSTARRS ' photometric survey. [3] [8]

    Rotation period

    A rotational lightcurve of Alanhale was obtained from photometric observations made at the U.S. Palomar Transient Factory in October 2010. The fragmentary lightcurve gave a rotation period of 11.9177±0.0047 hours with a low brightness variation of 0.07 in magnitude ( U=1 ). [7]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by NASA's spaced-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Alanhale measures 19.5 and 22.7 kilometers in diameter, respectively, with a corresponding albedo of 0.07 and 0.05. [4] [5] [6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.08 and calculates a smaller diameter of 15.4 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.43. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named in honor of American astronomer Alan Hale (born 1958), co-discoverer of comet Hale–Bopp. [2]

    His precise visual observations include more than 130 comets, several at more than one apparition, and both, magnitude estimates and confirmations of discoveries. He has also skillfully estimated the magnitudes of the near-Earth objects, 4179 Toutatis and (99907) 1989 VA , and has performed asteroid occultation. Hale has promoted the study of small Solar System bodies in articles and in his astronomy lectures. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 April 1991 ( M.P.C. 18139). [10]

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