1056 Azalea
| 11.60[7][9] · 11.70[1][4][10] · 11.73±0.28[14] · 11.83[6] | |
1056 Azalea, provisional designation 1924 QD, is a stony Florian
Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany.[15] The asteroid is named after the Azalea flower.[3]
Orbit and classification
Azalea is a member of the
402), a giant asteroid family and the largest family of stony asteroids in the main belt.[4][5][16]: 23 It orbits the Sun in the inner main belt at a distance of 1.8–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,216 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg in April 1928, more than 4 years after its official discovery observation.[15]
Physical characteristics
In the
SMASS classification, Azalea is a common stony S-type asteroid.[1]
Rotation period
In 2004, two rotational
spheroidal
shape.
Spin axis
In 2013, an international study modeled a lightcurve with a concurring period of 15.0276 hours and found two
U=n.a.).[11]
Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora, the largest member and namesake of the Flora family – and calculates a diameter of 12.40 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 11.7.[4]
Naming
This
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References
- ^ a b c d e f "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1056 Azalea (1924 QD)" (2017-04-30 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "azalea". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g "LCDB Data for (1056) Azalea". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Asteroid 1056 Azalea – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
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- ^ a b Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1056) Azalea". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
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- ^ a b "1056 Azalea (1924 QD)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ISBN 9780816532131.
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
- 1056 Azalea at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 1056 Azalea at the JPL Small-Body Database
