969 Leocadia

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969 Leocadia
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by S. Belyavskyj
Discovery site Simeiz Obs.
Discovery date5 November 1921
Designations
(969) Leocadia
Pronunciation /liːoʊˈkeɪdiə/ [2]
Named after
unknown  [3]
A921 VC ·1940 RV
1944 SB ·1948 UG
1963 PA ·1921 KZ
main-belt   [1] [4]  ·(inner)
background   [5] [6]
Orbital characteristics   [4]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 98.12 yr (35,837 d)
Aphelion 2.9694 AU
Perihelion 1.9537 AU
2.4615 AU
Eccentricity 0.2063
3.86 yr (1,411 d)
199.53°
0° 15m 18.72s / day
Inclination 2.2928°
287.76°
91.332°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
  • 17.321±0.218  km [7]
  • 19.37±0.22 km [8]
  • 19.51±0.7 km [9]
6.87±0.01  h [10] [11]
  • 0.019±0.005 [7]
  • 0.0435±0.003 [9]
  • 0.045±0.001 [8]
12.8 [1] [4]

    969 Leocadia ( prov. designation:A921 VCor1921 KZ) is a very dark background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers (12 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 5 November 1921, by Russian astronomer Sergey Belyavsky at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. [1] The uncommon F-type asteroid (FX) has a rotation period of 6.9 hours and is likely regular in shape. [10] Any reference of the asteroid's name to a person is unknown. [3]

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    Orbit and classification

    Leocadia is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements. [5] [6] It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–3.0  AU once every 3 years and 10 months (1,411 days; semi-major axis of 2.46 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.21 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic. [4] The body's observation arc begins at Uccle Observatory in February 1933, more than a decade after its official discovery observation Simeiz Observatory on 5 November 1921. [1]

    Naming

    This minor planet is named after a Feminine Russian first name. Any reference of this name to a person or occurrence is unknown. [3]

    Unknown meaning

    Among the many thousands of named minor planets, Leocadia is one of 120 asteroids, for which no official naming citation has been published. All of these low-numbered asteroids have numbers between 164 Eva and 1514 Ricouxa and were discovered between 1876 and the 1930s, predominantly by astronomers Auguste Charlois, Johann Palisa, Max Wolf and Karl Reinmuth. [12]

    Physical characteristics

    In the Tholen classification (FXU:), Leocadia is an uncommon and dark F-type asteroid, somewhat similar to that of an X-type, though with an unusual (U) and noisy (:) spectra. [4]

    Rotation period

    In December 2006, a rotational lightcurve of Leocadia was obtained from photometric observations by Italian amateur astronomers Roberto Crippa and Federico Manzini at the Sozzago Astronomical Station ( A12 ). Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 6.87±0.01 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.14±0.01 magnitude ( U=2 ), which is indicative of a rather spherical, non-irregular shape. [10] [11]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), the Japanese Akari satellite, and the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, Leocadia measures 17.321±0.218, 19.37±0.22 and 19.51±0.7 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has a very low albedo of 0.019±0.005, 0.0435±0.003 and 0.045±0.001, respectively. [7] [8] [9] Additional measurements by the WISE telescope were published giving a mean-diameter as low as 13.58±3.09 km. [11] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts the result from IRAS, that is, an albedo of 0.0435 and a diameter of 19.51 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 9.22. [11]

    An asteroid occultation on 19 August 2013, gave a best-fit ellipse dimension of 19.0 × 19.0 kilometers. [6] These timed observations are taken when the asteroid passes in front of a distant star. However the measurements for Leocadia were of poor quality. [6]

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