12848 Agostino

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12848 Agostino
Discovery
Synodic rotation period
6.3225±0.0052 h[6]
6.3350±0.0258 h[6]
0.21 (assumed)[3]
0.225±0.033[4][5]
S[3]
13.6[1] · 13.54±0.32[7] · 13.8[4] · 13.537±0.006 (R)[6] · 13.574±0.007 (R)[6] · 14.02[3]

12848 Agostino, provisional designation 1997 NK10, is a stony Eunomia asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter.

The asteroid was discovered on 10 July 1997, by Italian astronomer

Campo Imperatore Observatory in the Gran Sasso massif of central Italy.[8] It was named after the father of the discoverer, Agostino Boattini.[2]

Orbit and classification

Agostino is a member of the Eunomia family, a large group of stony S-type asteroids and the most prominent family in the intermediate main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.4–2.9 AU once every 4 years and 2 months (1,534 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 15° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]

The body's observation arc begins 47 years prior to its official discovery observation with a precovery taken at Palomar Observatory in June 1950.[8]

Physical characteristics

Two rotational

U=2/2).[6]

According to the

albedo of 0.23.[4] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.21 – derived from 15 Eunomia, the family's largest member and namesake – and calculates a diameter of 4.6 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 14.02.[3]

Naming

This

M.P.C. 42673).[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 12848 Agostino (1997 NK10)" (2017-05-05 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3
    .
  3. ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (12848) Agostino". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90
    . Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  5. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68
    . Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  6. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75
    . Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  7. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007
    . Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  8. ^ a b "12848 Agostino (1997 NK10)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  9. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 2 May 2016.

External links

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