1736 Floirac

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1736 Floirac
Discovery
Synodic rotation period
6.775±0.001 h[a][b]
12.28±0.06 h[9]
0.252±0.020[8]
0.258±0.060[7]
0.2711[6]
0.2994±0.0420[5]
0.302±0.021[4]
S[3][10]
11.84±0.07 (R)[a] · 12.20[8][7] · 12.24[5] · 12.33±0.086[3][6] · 12.4[1] · 12.44±0.33[10]

1736 Floirac, provisional designation 1967 RA, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8.7 kilometer in diameter.

It was discovered on 6 September 1967, by French astronomer

Guy Soulié at Bordeaux Observatory in southwestern France, who named it after the French town of Floirac.[2][11]

Classification and orbit

Floirac is a member of the Flora family. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,215 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.17 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]

First observed as A914 WD at

Heidelberg Observatory, approximately 40 years prior to its official discovery observation at Bordeaux.[11]

Physical characteristics

This asteroid has been characterized as a stony

PanSTARRS' photometric survey.[10]

Lightcurves

In October 2007, a rotational

U=2).[9]

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese

albedo of 0.252 and 0.302.[4][5][7][8]

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link takes an albedo of 0.2711 and a diameter of 8.73 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.4, based on Petr Pravec's revised WISE-data.[3][6]

Naming

This

M.P.C. 2883).[12]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Pravec (2007) web: rotation period 6.775±0.001 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.08 mag. Quality Code is 3. Summary figures at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) for (1736) Floirac and Pravec, P.; Wolf, M.; Sarounova, L. (2007)
  2. ^ a b Lightcurve plot of 1736 Floirac by Higgins and Pravec, from Ondrejov data obtained by the NEO Photometric Program and collaborating projects

References

  1. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1736 Floirac (1967 RA)" (2017-04-26 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3
    .
  3. ^ a b c d e "LCDB Data for (1736) Floirac". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121
    . Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  5. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90
    .
  6. ^
    doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.07.026
    . Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  7. ^
    doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8
    . Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  8. ^
    doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. (online, AcuA catalog p. 153
    )
  9. ^ a b Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1736) Floirac". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  10. ^
    doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007
    . Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  11. ^ a b "1736 Floirac (1967 RA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  12. ISBN 978-3-642-01964-7
    .

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