5175 Ables
| Discovery Synodic rotation period | 2.7976±0.0005 h[6] 2.798±0.001 h[7] | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.2897±0.0604[5] 0.30 (assumed)[3] 0.505±0.074[4] | ||
| E [3] | ||
| 13.3[1][3] · 13.2[5][4] · 13.83±0.37[8] | ||
5175 Ables, provisional designation 1988 VS4, is a bright Hungaria
Eugene Shoemaker at the U.S. Palomar Observatory, California, on 4 November 1988.[9] It was named after American astronomer Harold Ables.[2]
Orbit and classification
Ables is a member of the
Hungaria family, which form the innermost dense concentration of asteroids in the Solar System
.
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–2.0 AU once every 2 years and 9 months (1,008 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.04 and an inclination of 17° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] A first precovery was obtained at Palomar Observatory in 1954, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 34 years prior to its official discovery observation.[9]
Physical characteristics
Ables has been characterized as a bright E-type asteroid.[3]
Diameter and albedo
Based on the surveys carried out by the NASA's space-based
albedo of 0.29 and 0.51, with a corresponding diameter of 5.7 and 4.3 kilometers, respectively,[5][4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.30 and calculates a diameter of 5.3 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 13.3.[3]
Lightcurves
Between 2010 and 2014, three rotational
Naming
This
M.P.C. 27459).[11]
References
- ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 5175 Ables (1988 VS4)" (2017-05-05 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 (5175) Ables". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ . Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ . Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- . Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ a b "5175 Ables (1988 VS4)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
External links
- The Palmer Divide Observatory: Tour given by Brian Warner on YouTube(time 4:03 min.)
- Lightcurve plot of 5175 Ables, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2010)
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000) – Minor Planet Center
- 5175 Ables at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 5175 Ables at the JPL Small-Body Database
