4804 Pasteur

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4804 Pasteur
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by E. W. Elst
Discovery site La Silla Obs.
Discovery date2 December 1989
Designations
(4804) Pasteur
Named after
 Louis Pasteur   [2]
(French chemist/biologist)
1989 XC1 ·1962 QB
1971 QJ1
main-belt  ·(middle)  [3]
background   [4]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 61.05 yr (22,298 days)
Aphelion 3.0075 AU
Perihelion 2.3739 AU
2.6907 AU
Eccentricity 0.1177
4.41 yr (1,612 days)
130.06°
0° 13m 23.88s / day
Inclination 8.6298°
103.55°
271.14°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions15.427±0.310 km [5] [6]
15.98 km (calculated) [3]
16.94±0.66 km [7]
21.29±0.11 km [8]
21.38±0.40 km [9]
13.69±0.02 h [10]
0.05±0.00 [8]
0.089±0.004 [9]
0.098±0.025 [7]
0.10 (assumed) [3]
0.129±0.020 [5] [6]
SMASS = C   [1]  · C   [11]
C (SDSS–MFB) [3]
11.60 [9]  ·11.9 [6]  ·12.00 [7]  ·12.07±0.23 [11]  ·12.1 [1] [3]  ·12.16 [8]

    4804 Pasteur, provisional designation 1989 XC1, is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 2 December 1989, by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst at the ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile. The asteroid was named after French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Pasteur is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. [4] It orbits the Sun in the intermediate asteroid belt at a distance of 2.4–3.0  AU once every 4 years and 5 months (1,612 days; semi-major axis of 2.69 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.12 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic. [1]

    The body's observation arc begins with a precovery taken at Palomar Observatory in March 1956, more than 33 years prior to its official discovery observation. [2]

    Physical characteristics

    In the SMASS classification, Pasteur is a C-type asteroid. [1] Pan-STARRS photometric survey and SDSS–MFB (Masi–Foglia–Bus) have also characterized the body as a carbonaceous C-type. [3] [11]

    Rotation period

    In November 2011, a rotational lightcurve of Pasteur was obtained from photometric observations by astronomers at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory in Australia. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 13.69 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.28 magnitude ( U=3 ). [10]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Pasteur measures between 15.427 and 21.38 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.05 and 0.1290. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.10 and calculates a diameter of 15.98 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.1. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), who discovered the principles of vaccination, fermentation and pasteurization. In 1888 the renowned Pasteur Institute was established in Paris. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 21 November 1991 ( M.P.C. 19340). [12] The lunar crater Pasteur , as well as the Martian crater Pasteur have also been named after him. [13] [14]

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