3868 Mendoza

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3868 Mendoza
Discovery 
Synodic rotation period
2.77082±0.00005 h[4]
2.77090±0.00005 h[5]
2.77099±0.00002 h[3]
2.77103±0.00003 h[11]
0.1621±0.0288[9]
0.1649[10]
0.218±0.032[7]
0.436±0.076[8]
S [3]
12.30±0.04 (R)[5] · 12.30±0.02 (R)[4] 12.5[1][8] · 12.6[1] · 12.70±0.37[12] · 12.71±0.04[3][10] · 12.75[9]

3868 Mendoza, provisional designation 4575 P-L is a stony Vestian asteroid and binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 September 1960, by astronomers Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.[13]

Orbit and characterization

Mendoza orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.1–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 7 months (1,302 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]

Satellite

In 2009, a minor-planet moon was discovered. It is provisionally designated S/2009 (3868) 1. The satellite measures 2.01±0.18 km in diameter and orbits Mendoza in a little more than a day.[4][5][6]

Palomar–Leiden

The

survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s. Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory where astrometry was carried out. The trio are credited with the discovery of several thousand asteroid discoveries.[14]

Diameter and albedo

According to the survey carried out by NASA's

albedo between 0.1621 and 0.436.[7][8][9] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts Petr Pravec's revised WISE data, that is, an albedo of 0.1649 and a rounded diameter of 9.40 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.71.[3][10]

Naming

This

M.P.C. 22499).[16]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3868 Mendoza (4575 P-L)" (2016-07-31 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3
    .
  3. ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (3868) Mendoza". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  4. ^
    doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.11.026
    . Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  5. ^
    Bibcode:2009CBET.1835....1O
    . Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  6. ^ a b Johnston, Robert (21 September 2014). "(3868) Mendoza". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  7. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121
    . Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  8. ^
    doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8
    . Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  9. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90
    .
  10. ^
    doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.07.026
    . Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  11. ISSN 1052-8091
    . Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  12. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007
    . Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  13. ^ "3868 Mendoza (4575 P-L)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  14. ^ "Minor Planet Discoverers". Minor Planet Center. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  15. ^ "V. Eugenio E. Mendoza". International Astronomical Union. January 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  16. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

External links

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