468 Lina

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468 Lina
Discovery [1]
Discovered by M. F. Wolf
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date18 January 1901
Designations
(468) Lina
PronunciationGerman: [ˈliːnaː] [2]
Named after
(household employee) [3]
1901 FZ ·A915 PA
A918 EB
main-belt  · Themis [4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 115.81 yr (42,300 days)
Aphelion 3.7509 AU
Perihelion 2.5136 AU
3.1323 AU
Eccentricity 0.1975
5.54 yr (2,025 days)
64.042°
0° 10m 40.08s / day
Inclination 0.4371°
21.472°
333.20°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions58.60±14.75 km [5]
59.7±0.5 km [6] [7]
59.80±0.89 km [8]
60.238±0.518 km [9]
63.4±12.7 km [10]
64.592±1.981 km [11]
66±7 km [12]
69.34±2.5 km (IRAS:6) [13]
16.33±0.02 h [14]
16.478±0.004 h [15]
16.54±0.01 h [15]
0.0430±0.003(IRAS:6) [13]
0.0495±0.0094 [11]
0.05±0.01 [12]
0.05±0.02 [10]
0.057±0.009 [9]
0.058 [6]
0.059±0.002 [8]
0.06±0.01 [7]
0.06±0.06 [5]
Tholen = CPF [1]  · P [11]  ·CPF [4]
B–V = 0.660 [1]
U–B = 0.313 [1]
9.61 [7]  ·9.70±0.25 [16]  ·9.77 [5]  ·9.83 [1] [4] [6] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

    468 Lina, provisional designation 1901 FZ, is a dark Themistian asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 60 kilometers (37 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 18 January 1901, by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany. [17] The carbonaceous asteroid was named for the housemaid of the discoverer's family. [3]

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    Classification and orbit

    Lina is a core member of the Themis family, an ancient population of carbonaceous outer-belt asteroids with nearly coplanar ecliptical orbits. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.5–3.8  AU once every 5 years and 6 months (2,025 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 0.4° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] Lina was first observed at Heidelberg a few days prior to its official discovery observation. The body's observation arc begins with its identification as 1915 PA at Heidelberg in 1915, or 14 years after its official discovery observation. [17]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named for "Lina", a domestic housemaid of the discoverer's family at Heidelberg. [3] The members of Max Wolf's household figure prominently in the names of his discoveries, but background information on the name's origin behind most of them have been lost. Wolf also named 482 Petrina and 483 Seppina after the household's two dogs, a practice that was later discouraged by the IAU. [18] Naming citation for Lina was first mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 ( H 51 ). [3]

    Physical characteristics

    It has been characterized as a CPF-type and P-type asteroid by Tholen and NEOWISE, respectively. [1] [11]

    Photometry

    In December 2006, a rotational lightcurve of Lina was obtained by American astronomer Robert Buchheim at Altimira Observatory ( G76 ) in California. Light-curve analysis gave a rotation period of 16.33 hours with a brightness variation of 0.15 magnitude (U=3). [14] Its odd light curve shows multiple peaks, contrary to the classically shaped double-peaks seen in bimodal light curves, that have two maximums and two minimums per rotation. Lina's unusual triple-peak shape made it difficult to fit a period. [14]

    Other photometric observations were taken by Edward Tedesco in the 1970s (8.3 hours; Δ mag; U=1), [4] by Pierre Antonini and Raoul Behrend in January 2006 (16.478 hours; Δ0.18 mag; U=2), [15] and by Scott Marks and Michael Fauerbach in February 2007 (16.54 hours; Δ0.13 mag; U=2). [15]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the space-based surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite, the Spitzer Space Telescope, and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Lina measures between 58.60 and 69.34 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo between 0.043 and 0.06. [5] [7] [8] [10] [13]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link still adopts the results obtained by IRAS, that is an albedo of 0.043 and a diameter of 69.34 kilometers at an absolute magnitude of 9.83, [4] while more recent results by NEOWISE and Spitzer tend toward a higher albedo of 0.06 and a shorter diameter of 58.60 and 59.7 kilometer, respectively. [5] [7] Spitzer's spectra of Lina shows an emissivity plateau in the wavelength range of 9 to 12 μm, which is indicative of silicates. [6]

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