4790 Petrpravec
Appearance
Synodic rotation period | undetermined [11] | |
0.0336±0.0384[9] 0.038±0.007[8] 0.047±0.042[7] 0.05±0.04[5] 0.1084±0.021[10] 0.160±0.024[6] | ||
C (Pan-STARRS)[4][12] C (SDSS-MOC)[13][14] | ||
11.80[6][10] 12.8[7] 12.90[7] 13.0[1][2] 13.15[9] 13.15±0.18[12] 13.17[5] | ||
4790 Petrpravec (
Eleanor Helin at the Palomar Observatory in California, and later named for Czech astronomer Petr Pravec.[1]
Orbit and classification
Petrpravec is a non-
502), a prominent family of stony S-type asteroid and the largest one in the intermediate main belt with more than 5,000 members.[4]
It orbits the Sun in the
Crimea–Nauchnij in March 1978, more than 10 years prior to its official discovery observation at Palomar.[1]
Naming
This
Physical characteristics
In the SDSS-based taxonomy, Petrpravec is a poorly determined, carbonaceous C-type asteroid.[13][14] It has also been characterized as a dark C-type by Pan-STARRS' survey.[4][12]
Rotation period
A rotational
Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0369 and a diameter of 17.37 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.0.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "4790 Petrpravec (1988 PP)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 4790 Petrpravec (1988 PP)" (2018-05-19 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ a b "Asteroid (4790) Petrpravec – Proper elements". AstDyS-2, Asteroids – Dynamic Site. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (4790) Petrpravec". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ .
- ^ )
- ^ S2CID 46350317.
- ^ S2CID 118745497.
- ^ .
- ^ Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ ISSN 1052-8091. Archived from the original(PDF) on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ S2CID 53493339.
- ^
- ^ a b "Asteroid 4790 Petrpravec". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
External links
- Lightcurve Database Query (LCDB), at www.minorplanet.info
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 4790 Petrpravec at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 4790 Petrpravec at the JPL Small-Body Database