5026 Martes
| 13.80[4] · 13.9[1][3] · 14.065±0.010 (R)[5] · 14.17±0.36[9] | |
5026 Martes (
pine marten and beech marten.[2]
Orbit and classification
Martes is the namesake member of a small asteroid family, named the
Martes family.[citation needed] It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.8–3.0 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,339 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.24 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]
A first precovery was taken at Palomar Observatory in 1953, extending the body's observation arc by 34 years prior to its official discovery observation at Klet.[10]
Naming
This
M.P.C. 34920).[11]
Physical characteristics
Martes has been characterized as a carbonaceous
PanSTARRS' photometric survey.[9]
Asteroid pair
Martes forms an asteroid pair with 2005 WW113, and was part of the 35 sample asteroid pairs in Petr Pravec's study Formation of asteroid pairs by rotational fission, published in the journal Nature.[7]
Lightcurves
Between 2008 and 2010, several rotational
Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by NASA's
albedo of 0.066, which is typical for carbonaceous asteroids.[4] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link, however, assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and consequently calculates a much smaller diameter of 4.93 kilometers, due to the higher albedo.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 5026 Martes (1987 QL1)" (2016-08-27 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g "LCDB Data for (5026) Martes". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ . Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ . Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ . Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ PMID 20740010. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ . Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ . Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ a b "5026 Martes (1987 QL1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
External links
- (3428) Roberts, 3D Asteroid Catalogue
- Lightcurve Database Query (LCDB), at www.minorplanet.info
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000) – Minor Planet Center
- 5026 Martes at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 5026 Martes at the JPL Small-Body Database
