2035 Stearns

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2035 Stearns
Discovery 
V–R = 0.440[7]
12.61[2][4][5]
13.0[3][10]

2035 Stearns, provisional designation 1973 SC, is a bright

rotation period of 93 hours.[3] It was named after American astronomer Carl Leo Stearns.[1]

Orbit and classification

Stearns is a dynamical

main belt and near-Earth populations, and crossing the orbit of Mars at 1.666 AU.[2]

The asteroid orbits the Sun in the

semi-major axis of 1.88 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.13 and an inclination of 28° with respect to the ecliptic.[2]

The body's observation arc begins with a precovery taken at Palomar Observatory in January 1954, nearly 20 years prior to its official discovery observation at Leoncito.[1]

Physical characteristics

In the

SMASS classification and Bus-DeMeo taxonomy, it is an Xe-subtype that transitions from the X-type to the E-type.[9]

Rotation period

Several rotational

U=2+). This makes the asteroid as close slow rotator.[3][a]

Diameter and albedo

According to the survey carried out by the

albedo between 0.443 and 0.65.[4][5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for members of the Hungaria family of 0.40, and derives a diameter of 5.28 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.0.[3]

Naming

This

M.P.C. 4548).[11] The lunar crater Stearns
was also named in his honor.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lightcurve plot of (2035) Stearns with a rotation period 93±1 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.20 mag. Taken by Robert Stephens at the Center for Solar System Studies (CS3) in 2014. Quality code is 2+. Summary figures at the LCDB.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "2035 Stearns (1973 SC)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2035 Stearns (1973 SC)" (2018-01-27 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "LCDB Data for (2035) Stearns". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/814/2/117
    .
  5. ^
    doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629917
    .
  6. ^
    ISSN 1052-8091
    .
  7. ^
    doi:10.1016/S0032-0633(03)00076-X
    .
  8. ^
    ISSN 1052-8091
    .
  9. ^ a b "Asteroid 2035 Stearns". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  10. Bibcode:1995LPI....26.1511W
    .
  11. ISBN 978-3-642-01964-7
    .

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