1042 Amazone

1042 Amazone
Discovery [1][2]
Discovered by K. Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date 22 April 1925
Designations
MPC designation 1042 Amazone
Named after
 Amazons
(Greek mythology)[3]
1925 HA
main-belt (outer) [4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 91.00 yr (33,238 days)
Aphelion 3.5301 AU
Perihelion 2.9400 AU
3.2350 AU
Eccentricity 0.0912
5.82 yr (2,125 days)
153.94°
0° 10m 9.84s / day
Inclination 20.681°
52.523°
295.85°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 63.920±0.102 km[1]
65.823±0.307 km[5]
71.88±1.08 km[6]
73.59 km (derived)[4]
73.64±1.8 km[7]
16.26±0.02 h (outdated)[8]
540±30 h[9]
0.0358 (derived)[4]
0.0392±0.002[7]
0.042±0.002[6]
0.0490±0.0106[5]
0.054±0.006[1]
P [5] · X [10] · C [4]
9.8[5][6][7]
9.89±0.26[10]
9.9[1][4]

    1042 Amazone, provisional designation 1925 HA, is an asteroid of the outer asteroid belt, approximately 70 kilometers in diameter. It orbits the Sun between 2.9 and 3.2 AU with a period of 5.8 years and slowly rotates every 540 hours. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory on April 22, 1925.[1]

    Based on a proposal by Gustav Stracke, the asteroid was named after the Amazons, a race of woman warriors in Greek mythology. They had no men and joined with their neighbors, killed the sons and educated the daughters of whom the teats were burnt so that they could discharge the arrows more rapidly. The asteroids 271 Penthesilea and 10295 Hippolyta were named after queens of the Amazons, while 5143 Heracles was named after the hero who fought them.[3]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1042 Amazone (1925 HA)" (2016-05-13 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
    2. ↑ "1042 Amazone (1925 HA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
    3. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1042) Amazone. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 89. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (1042) Amazone". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 12 October 2016.
    5. 1 2 3 4 Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; Tholen, D.; et al. (November 2011). "NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results" (PDF). The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 25. arXiv:1109.6407Freely accessible. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
    6. 1 2 3 Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; Ootsubo, Takafumi; et al. (October 2011). "Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey" (PDF). Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 63 (5): 1117–1138. Bibcode:2011PASJ...63.1117U. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
    7. 1 2 3 Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System. Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
    8. ↑ Warner, Brian D. (December 2005). "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - spring 2005". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 32 (4): 90–92. Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...90W. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
    9. ↑ Warner, Brian D. (July 2010). "Upon Further Review: I. An Examination of Previous Lightcurve Analysis from the Palmer Divide Observatory". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 37 (3): 127–130. Bibcode:2010MPBu...37..127W. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
    10. 1 2 Veres, Peter; Jedicke, Robert; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Denneau, Larry; Granvik, Mikael; Bolin, Bryce; et al. (November 2015). "Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results". Icarus. 261: 34–47. arXiv:1506.00762Freely accessible. Bibcode:2015Icar..261...34V. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007. Retrieved 12 October 2016.

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