12 Victoria
Synodic rotation period | 8.6599 h (0.36083 d)[2] | |
| 0.167 (calculated)[3] 0.163 ± 0.027[2] | ||
| Temperature | ~178 K | |
| S-type asteroid[2] | ||
| 8.68[5] to 12.82 | ||
| 7.30[2] | ||
| 0.188" to 0.04" | ||
Victoria (
speckle interferometry observations show that the shape of Victoria is elongated, and it is suspected to be a binary asteroid, with a moon of irregular shape.[6]
This minor planet was discovered by English astronomer
Astronomical Journal, adopted the alternate name Clio (now used by 84 Klio), proposed by the discoverer. However, W. C. Bond, of the Harvard College Observatory, then the highest authority on astronomy in America, held that the mythological condition was fulfilled and the name therefore acceptable, and his opinion eventually prevailed.[7]
The historical symbol for Victoria was a star with a branch of laurel. It is in the pipeline for Unicode 17.0 as U+1CEC5 (.svg){kind=small}
).[8][9]
| Date and time of closest approach |
Earth distance (AU) |
Sun distance (AU) |
Velocity relative to Earth (km/s) |
Velocity relative to Sun (km/s) |
Uncertainty region ( 3-sigma )
|
Solar elongation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 June 2028 ≈01:57 | 0.877 LD ) |
1.88 AU (281 million km; 175 million mi) | 6.4 | 23.7 | ± 7 km | 166.9° |
light-curve
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Notes
References
- ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
- ^ a b c d e f "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 12 Victoria" (2023-05-15 last obs). Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ a b c d e P. Vernazza et al. (2021) VLT/SPHERE imaging survey of the largest main-belt asteroids: Final results and synthesis. Astronomy & Astrophysics 54, A56
- ^ S2CID 119226456. See Table 1.
- ^ "AstDys (12) Victoria Ephemerides". Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
- ^ Other reports of asteroid/TNO companions
- ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
- ^ Bala, Gavin Jared; Miller, Kirk (18 September 2023). "Unicode request for historical asteroid symbols" (PDF). unicode.org. Unicode. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ Unicode. "Proposed New Characters: The Pipeline". unicode.org. The Unicode Consortium. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Horizons Batch for 12 Victoria on 2028-Jun-26" (Closest Earth approach occurs when deldot flips from negative to positive). JPL Horizons. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
External links
- "Elements and Ephemeris for (12) Victoria". Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. (displays Elong from Sun and V mag for 2011)
- 12 Victoria at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 12 Victoria at the JPL Small-Body Database
