4923 Clarke

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4923 Clarke
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Orbital diagram of Clarke
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by S. J. Bus
Discovery site Siding Spring Obs.
Discovery date2 March 1981
Designations
(4923) Clarke
Named after
 Arthur C. Clarke   [1]
(British science fiction writer)
1981 EO27 ·1972 NJ
main-belt   [1] [2]  ·(inner)
background   [3]
Orbital characteristics   [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 45.53 yr (16,631 d)
Aphelion 2.5774 AU
Perihelion 1.7121 AU
2.1448 AU
Eccentricity 0.2017
3.14 yr (1,147 d)
187.58°
0° 18m 49.68s / day
Inclination 6.6759°
188.51°
108.65°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
3.367±0.033  km [4]
3.532±0.033 km [5]
4.10 km (calculated) [6]
3.143±0.016  h [7]
3.1787±0.0009 h [lower-alpha 1]
27.253±0.0553 h [8]
0.20(assumed) [6]
0.3259±0.0644 [5]
0.366±0.066 [4]
SMASS = S   [2] [6]
13.98±0.31 [9]
14.1 [5]
14.222±0.004(R) [8]
14.3 [2] [6]

    4923 Clarke, provisional designation 1981 EO27, is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3.5 kilometers (2.2 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 2 March 1981, by American astronomer Schelte Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. [1] The spheroidal S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 3.14 hours. [6] It was named after British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke. [1] On the same night, Schelte Bus also discovered 5020 Asimov.

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    Orbit and classification

    Clarke is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. [3] It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.7–2.6  AU once every 3 years and 2 months (1,147 days; semi-major axis of 2.14 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 7° with respect to the ecliptic. [2]

    The asteroid was first observed as 1972 NJ at Crimea–Nauchnij in July 1972. The body's observation arc begins at the Siding Spring Observatory two weeks prior to its official discovery observation on 12 February 1981. [1]

    Physical characteristics

    In the SMASS classification, Clarke is a common, stony S-type asteroid. [2] [6]

    Rotation period

    Three rotational lightcurves of Clarke have been obtained from photometric observations by the APT Observatory Group in Spain, by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California, and by Czech astronomer Petr Pravec at Ondřejov Observatory ( U=2/1/2- ). [7] [8] [lower-alpha 1] Analysis of the best-rated lightcurve gave a rotation period of 3.143 hours with a consolidated brightness amplitude between 0.03 and 0.14 magnitude, which indicates that the body has a nearly spheroidal, non-elongated shape ( U=2 ). [6] [7]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Clarke measures between 3.367 and 3.532 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.3259 and 0.366. [4] [5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 4.10 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 14.3. [6]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after the science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008), author of 2001: A Space Odyssey . [1] The official naming citation was prepared with assistance from Richard Binzel and published by the Minor Planet Center on 3 May 1996 ( M.P.C. 27127). The asteroid's name independently suggested by Duncan Steel ( M.P.C. 27147). [10]

    In the postscript to his novel 3001: The Final Odyssey , Clarke jokingly expresses disappointment that he did not receive asteroid 2001 as his namesake; instead, it was named for Albert Einstein.[ citation needed ]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 Lightcurve plot of (4923) Clarke, (Pravec 2013) from August 2013 web: rotation period 3.18±0.0008 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.03±0.01 mag. Quality code is 2-. Summary figures at the LCDB and Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2013).

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