2017 Wesson
| Discovery U–B = 0.545[1] | |
|---|---|
| 12.61±0.14[9] · 12.78[1] · 13.07[3][4][6] | |
2017 Wesson, provisional designation A903 SC, is a stony
Conrad Bardwell, an associate director of the Minor Planet Center.[2]
Orbit and classification
Wesson orbits the Sun in the inner
main belt at a distance of 1.8–2.7 AU, orbiting once every 3 years and 5 months (1,235 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.19 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]
Physical characteristics
Wesson has been characterized as a stony
albedo of 0.200.[4][5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link agrees with the results obtained by WISE.[3]
Naming
The asteroid was named after Mary Joan Wesson Bardwell, wife of Conrad M. Bardwell (1926–2010), after whom the minor planet
M.P.C. 4358).[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2017 Wesson (A903 SC)" (2017-04-26 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g "LCDB Data for (2017) Wesson". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ .
- ^ . Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ ISSN 0019-1035. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ . Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ a b Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (2017) Wesson". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- . Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ "2017 Wesson (A903 SC)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ISBN 978-3-642-01964-7.
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
- 2017 Wesson at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 2017 Wesson at the JPL Small-Body Database
