2490 Bussolini

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2490 Bussolini
Synodic rotation period
24 h[6]
0.1918±0.0207[5]
0.21 (assumed)[3]
0.223±0.043[4]
P [5] · S [3]
11.9[1][3][5]

2490 Bussolini (

Eunomia asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 3 January 1976, by staff members of the Félix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito Complex in Argentina.[7] The asteroid was named after Argentine Jesuit physicist Juan Bussolini.[2]

Classification and orbit

Bussolini is a member of the Eunomia family, a large group of typically stony asteroids and the most prominent family in the intermediate main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.3–3.0 AU once every 4 years and 3 months (1,539 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.13 and an inclination of 13° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] A first precovery was taken at Palomar Observatory in 1949, extending the body's observation arc by 27 years prior to its official discovery observation at El Leoncito.[7]

Naming

This

M.P.C. 8800).[8]

Physical characteristics

Eunomians are typically S-type asteroid.[3] Bussolini has also been characterized as a P-type asteroid by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).[5]

Lightcurve

In October 2008, a rotational

U=1).[6] As of 2017, no improved period has been obtained.[3]

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by NASA's WISE observatory with its subsequent

albedo of 0.223 and 0.1918, respectively.[4][5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.21 – derived from 15 Eunomia, the family's largest member and namesake – and calculates a diameter of 12.09 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 11.9.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2490 Bussolini (1976 AG)" (2017-01-09 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  2. ^
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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "LCDB Data for (2490) Bussolini". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121
    . Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  5. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90
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  6. ^ a b Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (2490) Bussolini". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  7. ^ a b "2490 Bussolini (1976 AG)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  8. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

External links

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