5331 Erimomisaki

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5331 Erimomisaki
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Kin Endate
K. Watanabe
Discovery site Kitami Obs.
Discovery date27 January 1990
Designations
(5331) Erimomisaki
Named after
Cape Erimo [1]
(Hokkaidō, Japan)
1990 BT1 ·1984 YY2
main-belt [1] [2]  ·(middle)
background [3]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 33.33 yr (12,174 d)
Aphelion 3.8450 AU
Perihelion 1.6826 AU
2.7638 AU
Eccentricity 0.3912
4.59 yr (1,678 d)
102.26°
0° 12m 52.2s / day
Inclination 12.099°
109.79°
283.14°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
9.208±0.323  km [4] [5]
9.549±2.062 km [6]
10.57±0.15 km [7]
16.81 km(calculated) [8]
24.233±0.004  h [9]
24.26±0.02 h [10]
0.057(assumed) [8]
0.2018±0.0967 [6]
0.202±0.035 [4]
0.2284±0.0416 [5]
0.253±0.009 [7]
C(assumed) [8]
12.00 [7]
12.4 [5]
12.5 [2]
12.60 [6] [8]
13.19±0.14 [11]

    5331 Erimomisaki, provisional designation 1990 BT1, is a background asteroid on an eccentric orbit from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers (6 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 27 January 1990, by Japanese amateur astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at the Kitami Observatory on Hokkaidō, Japan. [1] The asteroid has a longer-than-average rotation period of 24.26 hours. [8] It was named after Cape Erimo at the southern tip of Hokkaidō. [1]

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    Orbit and classification

    Erimomisaki is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. [3] It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 1.7–3.8  AU once every 4 years and 7 months (1,678 days; semi-major axis of 2.76 AU). Its orbit has a relatively high eccentricity of 0.39 and an inclination of 12° with respect to the ecliptic. [2]

    The body's observation arc begins with its first observation as 1984 YY2 at Crimea–Nauchnij in December 1984, more than 5 years prior to its official discovery observation at Kitami. [1]

    Physical characteristics

    Erimomisaki's spectral type is unknown. [3] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) generically assumes it to be a carbonaceous C-type asteroid (as its semi-major axis is larger than 2.7 AU). [8] However, based on the body's albedo (see below), it is rather a stony S-type asteroid.

    Rotation period

    In December 2007, two rotational lightcurve of Erimomisaki were obtained from photometric observations by international collaboration between astronomers Silvano Casulli, Russel Durkee, Caleb Boe, Fiona Vincent and David Higgins. [9] [10] Lightcurve analysis gave a longer-than-average rotation period of 24.233 and 24.26 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.42 and 0.27 magnitude, respectively ( U=2/3- ). CALL adopts the longer period as its best result. [8] While not being a slow rotator, Erimomisaki's period is longer than that of most other asteroids, which have spin rates between 2 and 20 hours.

    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, Erimomisaki measures between 9.208 and 10.57 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.2018 and 0.253. [4] [5] [6] [7] CALL generically assumes a carbonaceous albedo of 0.057 and consequently calculates a much larger diameter of 16.81 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.6. [8]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after Cape Erimo (Japanese : Erimo-misaki) at the south end of Hokkaidō, Japan. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 September 1993 ( M.P.C. 22508). [12]

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