7866 Sicoli

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7866 Sicoli
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by E. Bowell
Discovery site Anderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date13 October 1982
Designations
(7866) Sicoli
Named after
 Piero Sicoli
(discoverer of minor planets) [2]
1982 TK ·1954 CT
1959 OD
main-belt  · Nysa   [3]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 63.01 yr (23,016 days)
Aphelion 2.9392 AU
Perihelion 1.9165 AU
2.4279 AU
Eccentricity 0.2106
3.78 yr (1,382 days)
112.12°
0° 15m 37.8s / day
Inclination 3.4801°
77.978°
253.20°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.604±0.199 km [4] [5]
6.34 km (calculated) [3]
0.21 (assumed) [3]
0.2455±0.0504 [5]
0.246±0.050 [4]
S   [3]
13.28±0.28 [6]  ·13.3 [1] [3]  ·13.4 [5]

    7866 Sicoli, provisional designation 1982 TK, is a stony Nysa asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 13 October 1982, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona. [7] The asteroid was named after Italian astronomer Piero Sicoli. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Sicoli is a member of the stony subgroup of the Nysa family, one of the smaller families in the main-belt, named after its namesake, 44 Nysa. The body orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.9  AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,382 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.21 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] The first precovery was taken at Palomar Mountain in 1954, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 28 years prior to its discovery. [7]

    Physical characteristics

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Sicoli measures 6.3 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.246, [4] [5] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.21 and calculates a diameter of 5.6 kilometers, based on an absolute magnitude of 13.3. [3]

    Lightcurves

    As of 2016, no rotational lightcurve has been obtained for this asteroid and its rotation period and shape remain unknown. [1] [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named in honor of Italian astronomer Piero Sicoli (born 1954), a discoverer of minor planets and Observation Coordinator at the Sormano Astronomical Observatory in northern Italy. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 July 1999 ( M.P.C. 35488). [8]

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