971 Alsatia

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971 Alsatia
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by A. Schaumasse
Discovery site Nice Obs.
Discovery date23 November 1921
Designations
(971) Alsatia
Pronunciation /ælˈseɪʃə/ [2]
Named after
 Alsace   [3] (French province)
1921 LF ·1961 AA
A908 UE
main-belt  ·(middle)
background   [4]
EUN–(interloper) [5]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 108.67 yr (39,693 days)
Aphelion 3.0666 AU
Perihelion 2.2182 AU
2.6424 AU
Eccentricity 0.1605
4.30 yr (1,569 days)
86.606°
0° 13m 46.2s / day
Inclination 13.774°
83.539°
6.2645°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions55.31±13.87 km [6]
60.71±0.88 km [7]
60.867±0.527 km [8]
62.92±0.58 km [9]
63.75±1.7 km [5] [10]
64.724±0.657 km [11]
6.81±0.01 h [12]
9.600±0.007 h [13]
9.606±0.001 h [14]
9.61±0.02 h [15]
9.614±0.003 h [16] [lower-alpha 1]
0.0403±0.0078 [11]
0.0415±0.002 [5] [10]
0.043±0.006 [9]
0.046±0.002 [7]
0.046±0.005 [8]
0.05±0.02 [6]
SMASS = C   [1] [5]
B–V = 0.669  [1]
U–B = 0.298  [1]
10.05 [1] [5] [7] [9] [10] [11]  ·10.11±0.10 [17]  ·10.21 [6]

    971 Alsatia, provisional designation 1921 LF, is a carbonaceous background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 60 kilometers (37 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 23 November 1921, by French astronomer Alexandre Schaumasse at Nice Observatory in southeastern France. [18] The asteroid was named after the French province Alsace. [3]

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    Orbit and classification

    Alsatia is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the Hierarchical Clustering Method to its proper orbital elements. [4] It has also been dynamically classified as a member of the Eunomia family ( 502 ), which has a different spectral type though. This suggests that Alsatia may be an interloper to that family. [5]

    It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.2–3.1  AU once every 4 years and 4 months (1,569 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 14° with respect to the ecliptic. [1]

    The body's observation arc begins with its first identification as A908 UE at Heidelberg Observatory in October 1908, more than 13 years prior to its official discovery observation at Nice. [18]

    Physical characteristics

    In the SMASS classification, Alsatia is a carbonaceous C-type asteroid. [1]

    Rotation period

    Several rotational lightcurves of Alsatia have been obtained from photometric observations by Robert Stephens (2000), [12] Laurent Bernasconi (2005), [13] astronomer at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory (2011), [15] Brian Warner (2011), [16] and Daniel Klinglesmith (2017). [14] Lightcurve analysis gave a consolidated rotation period of 9.614 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.17 to 0.29 magnitude ( U=2/2/2/3/3- ). [5] [lower-alpha 1]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Alsatia measures between 55.31 and 64.724 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.0403 and 0.05. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts the results obtained by IRAS, that is, an albedo of 0.0415 and a diameter of 63.75 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.05. [5] [10]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after the French province Alsace (regained from Germany after the WWI) in northeast France between the Rhine river and the Vosges mountains. In 1922, the discoverer proposed the name Alsace. However, the Astronomical Calculation Institute, then responsible for the naming of minor planets, changed the name in Alsatia. [3] The political status of Alsace has been heavily influenced by historical decisions, wars, and strategic politics.

    Notes

    1. 1 2 Lightcurve plot of 971 Alsatia, Palmer Divide Observatory, Brian D. Warner (2011). Quality code of 3. Summary figures at the LCDB

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