1038 Tuckia
| Discovery U–B = 0.232[1] | |
|---|---|
| 10.58[4][6] · 10.60±0.45[7] · 10.82[1][5] | |
1038 Tuckia, provisional designation 1924 TK, is rare-type
Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[3] The asteroid was named after American banker Edward Tuck and his wife.[2]
Classification and orbit
Tuckia is a member of the
Hilda family, an orbital group of asteroids in the outermost main-belt, that stay in a 3:2 orbital resonance with the gas giant Jupiter. This means that the asteroid makes 3 orbits for every 2 orbits Jupiter makes.[3]
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 3.1–4.9 AU once every 7 years and 11 months (2,902 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.22 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The asteroids's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Heidelberg.[3]
Physical characteristics
In the
Tholen classification, Tuckia is a rare DTU:-type, a subtype of the dark D-type asteroids.[1]
Lightcurves
In the 1990s, a rotational
U=2).[6]
Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by the Japanese
albedo of 0.030,[5] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0304 and a diameter of 58.36 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.82.[4]
Naming
This
H 99).[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1038 Tuckia (1924 TK)" (2017-03-29 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ a b c d "1038 Tuckia (1924 TK)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (1038) Tuckia". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 6 July 2017.
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- ^ . Retrieved 6 July 2017.
- S2CID 53493339.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 1038 Tuckia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 1038 Tuckia at the JPL Small-Body Database
