418 Alemannia

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418 Alemannia
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by M. F. Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date7 September 1896
Designations
(418) Alemannia
Pronunciation /æləˈmæniə/ [2] [3]
Named after
Alemannia  [4]
(student fraternity)
1896 CV
main-belt  ·(middle)
background   [5]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 111.94 yr (40,886 days)
Aphelion 2.9024 AU
Perihelion 2.2829 AU
2.5927 AU
Eccentricity 0.1195
4.17 yr (1,525 days)
327.11°
0° 14m 9.96s / day
Inclination 6.8178°
248.83°
126.68°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions32.98±1.04 km [6]
34.10±4.6 km [7] [8]
40.12±0.62 km [9]
40.330±0.578 km [10]
45.448±0.509 km [11]
4.67±0.05 h [12]
4.671 h [7]
4.6714±0.0001 h [12]
4.6727±0.0003 h [12]
4.680±0.024 h [13]
5.82 h (poor) [14]
0.1057±0.0158 [11]
0.137±0.005 [9]
0.1878±0.062 [7] [8]
0.201±0.027 [6]
Tholen = M   [1] [7]  · M   [11]
B–V = 0.703 [1]
U–B = 0.225 [1]
9.77 [1] [6] [7] [8] [9] [11]  ·9.83±0.32 [15]

    Alemannia (minor planet designation: 418 Alemannia), provisional designation 1896 CV, is a metallic background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 35 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany on 7 September 1896 and named for the student fraternity Alemannia in Heidelberg. [4] [16]

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    Orbit and classification

    Alemannia is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. [5] It orbits the Sun in the intermediate main-belt at a distance of 2.3–2.9  AU once every 4 years and 2 months (1,525 days; semi-major axis of 2.59 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.12 and an inclination of 7° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg in December 1905, more than 9 years after its official discovery observation. [16]

    Physical characteristics

    In the Tholen classification, Alemannia is a metallic M-type asteroid. [1] [7] The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) also characterized it as an M-type. [11]

    Rotation period

    The best-rated photometric lightcurve observations gave a rotation period of 4.671 hours with a brightness amplitude between 0.20 and 0.33 magnitude ( U=3 ), [12] superseding previous observations that gave a period of 5.82 and 4.68 hours, respectively. [14] [13]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's WISE telescope, Alemannia measures between 32.98 and 45.448 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.1057 and 0.201. [6] [8] [9] [10] [11]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts the results obtained by IRAS, that is, an albedo of 0.1878 and a diameter of 34.1 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 9.77. [7] [8]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named for the student fraternity Alemannia in Heidelberg, Germany. It was named by German astronomer Adolf Berberich (1861–1920) in 1901. The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 ( H 45 ). [4]

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