15017 Cuppy
0.25)[4] | |
| 0.500±0.219[3] | |
| 15.6[1] | |
15017 Cuppy, provisional designation 1998 SS25, is a Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 September 1998, by the Lowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) at its Anderson Mesa Station, Arizona, United States.[5] The asteroid was named for American humorist Will Cuppy.[2]
Orbit and classification
Cuppy orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 7 months (1,296 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The body's observation arc begins 7 years prior to its official discovery observation, with a precovery taken at Palomar Observatory in October 1991.[5]
Physical characteristics
According to the survey carried out by the
Naming
This
References
- ^ a b c d e "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 15017 Cuppy (1998 SS25)" (2017-02-01 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5.
- ^ . Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ a b "Absolute Magnitude (H)". NASA/JPL. Archived from the original on 2 March 2001. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ a b "15017 Cuppy (1998 SS25)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "LCDB Data for (15017) Cuppy". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
External links
- Photographic observations of 15017 Cuppy, Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
- 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 (15001)-(20000) – Minor Planet Center
- 15017 Cuppy at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 15017 Cuppy at the JPL Small-Body Database
