2518 Rutllant

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2518 Rutllant
Discovery 
Synodic rotation period
3.651±0.001 h[6]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
0.771±0.049[4][5]
S [3]
13.3[1][3] · 13.4[4] · 13.69±0.32[7]

2518 Rutllant, provisional designation 1974 FG, is a stony Flora

Cerro El Roble Station of the National Astronomical Observatory in Chile, on 22 March 1974, and named for astronomer Federico Alcina.[2][8]

Orbit and classification

Rutllant is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 6 months (1,281 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.17 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] A first precovery was taken at Goethe Link Observatory in 1954, extending the body's observation arc by 20 years prior to its official discovery observation at Cerro El Roble.[8]

Physical characteristics

Rutllant has been characterized as a stony S-type asteroid.[3]

Rotational lightcurve

A rotational

U=3).[6]

Diameter and albedo

According to the survey carried out by the

albedo of 0.77 with a diameter of 3.2 kilometer,[4][5] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) assumes an albedo of 0.24, derived from the Flora family's largest member and namesake, the asteroid 8 Flora. Consequently, CALL calculates a much larger diameter of 5.9 kilometer, as the lower the albedo (reflectivity), the larger the body's diameter at a constant absolute magnitude (brightness).[3]

Naming

This minor planet was named in memory of Spanish-born astronomer Federico Alcina (1904–1971), director of the Chilean National Astronomical Observatory (OAN), and professor of mathematics at Federico Santa María Technical University.[2]

Alcina was instrumental for the development of Chilean astronomy, and responsible for a number of critical agreements and decisions, such as moving OAN from Lo Espejo to its current location, for the installment of the

M.P.C. 10545).[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2518 Rutllant (1974 FG)" (2017-04-26 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3
    .
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "LCDB Data for (2518) Rutllant". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90
    . Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  5. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68
    . Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  6. ^
    ISSN 1052-8091
    . Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  7. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007
    . Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  8. ^ a b "2518 Rutllant (1974 FG)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  9. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

External links

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