5642 Bobbywilliams

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5642 Bobbywilliams
Discovery [1]
Discovered by H. E. Holt
Discovery site Palomar Obs.
Discovery date27 July 1990
Designations
(5642) Bobbywilliams
Named after
Bobby G. Williams
(JPL engineer) [2]
1990 OK1
Mars-crosser [1] [3] [4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 41.97 yr (15,330 days)
Aphelion 3.0867 AU
Perihelion 1.5454 AU
2.3161 AU
Eccentricity 0.3327
3.52 yr (1,287 days)
235.13°
0° 16m 46.56s / day
Inclination 24.956°
310.12°
39.038°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions4.71 km (calculated) [4]
4.8341±0.0003 h [5]
0.20 (assumed) [4]
S [4]
14.0 [1] [4]  ·14.24±0.23 [6]

    5642 Bobbywilliams, provisional designation 1990 OK1, is an eccentric, stony asteroid and Mars-crosser from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.7 kilometers in diameter.

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    It was discovered on 27 July 1990, by American astronomer Henry E. Holt at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. [3] The asteroid was named for JPL engineer Bobby Williams. [2]

    Orbit and classification

    Bobbywilliams orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.5–3.1  AU once every 3 years and 6 months (1,287 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.33 and an inclination of 25° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] A first precovery was taken at the Australian Siding Spring Observatory in 1975, extending the body's observation arc by 15 years prior to its official discovery at Palomar. [3]

    Physical characteristics

    Rotation period

    In July 2011, a rotational lightcurve of Bobbywilliams was obtained from photometric observations by astronomer Julian Oey at both the Australian Kingsgrove ( E19 ) and Leura ( E17 ) observatories. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 4.8341 hours with a brightness variation of 0.05 magnitude ( U=3 ). [5]

    Diameter and albedo

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 4.71 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 14.0. [4]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named for Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer Bobby G. Williams (born 1951), specialized in celestial mechanics and the navigation of space probes. He has been a leading navigation manager when NEAR Shoemaker had its rendezvous with the asteroids 253 Mathilde and 433 Eros, [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 July 1999 ( M.P.C. 35483). [7]

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    References

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