2708 Burns

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2708 Burns
002708-asteroid shape model (2708) Burns.png
Shape model of Burns from its lightcurve
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by E. Bowell
Discovery site Anderson Mesa Stn.
Discovery date24 November 1981
Designations
(2708) Burns
Named after
 Joseph A. Burns   [1]
(American astronomer)
1981 WT ·1951 GG
1961 DN ·1965 YB
1978 EL3 ·A912 AE
main-belt   [1] [2]  ·(outer)
Themis   [3] [4]
Orbital characteristics   [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 66.42 yr (24,261 d)
Aphelion 3.6268 AU
Perihelion 2.5337 AU
3.0803 AU
Eccentricity 0.1774
5.41 yr (1,975 d)
227.73°
0° 10m 56.28s / day
Inclination 2.7828°
111.65°
331.24°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
13.63±3.61  km [5]
20.085±0.110 km [6]
20.263±0.244 km [7]
20.4±2.0 km [8]
22±2 km [9]
5.315±0.003  h [10]
0.051±0.003 [7]
0.06±0.01 [9]
0.07±0.01 [8]
0.0836±0.0151 [6]
0.12±0.11 [5]
SMASS = B   [2] [3]
11.8 [6]  ·12.00 [5] [8] [9]
12.1 [2] [3]

    2708 Burns (prov. designation: 1981 WT) is a carbonaceous Themistian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers (12 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 24 November 1981, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, in the United States. It was named after American planetary scientist Joseph A. Burns. [1] The likely elongated B-type asteroid has a rotation period of 5.3 hours. [3]

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    Orbit and classification

    Burns is a Themistian asteroid that belongs to the Themis family ( 602 ), [3] [4] a very large family of carbonaceous asteroids, named after 24 Themis. [11] It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.5–3.6  AU once every 5 years and 5 months (1,975 days; semi-major axis of 3.08 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. [2]

    The asteroid was first observed as A912 AE at Winchester Observatory ( 799 ) in January 1912. The body's observation arc begins with a precovery taken at Goethe Link Observatory in February 1950, more than 31 years prior to its official discovery observation at Anderson Mesa. [1]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after Joseph A. Burns (born 1941), American planetary scientist and astronomer at Cornell University in New York, [1] and a co-discoverer of the trans-Neptunian object (385191) at Palomar in 1997. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 4 August 1982 ( M.P.C. 7158). [12]

    Physical characteristics

    In the SMASS classification, Burns is a carbonaceous B-type, [2] [3] which are somewhat brighter than the common C-type asteroids.

    Rotation period

    In March 2010, a rotational lightcurve of Burns was obtained from photometric observations by French amateur astronomer René Roy. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 5.315 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.52 magnitude, indicative for a non-spherical shape ( U=3 ). [10]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Burns measures between 13.63 and 22 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.051 and 0.12. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.08 and calculates a diameter of 17.86 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.1. [3]

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