6229 Tursachan

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6229 Tursachan
Discovery 
Synodic rotation period
16.596±0.0167 h[9]
0.07±0.04[5]
0.076±0.012[7][8]
0.089±0.113[6]
0.08 (assumed)[4]
C (assumed)[4]
13.00[6][8]
13.2[2]
13.236±0.003 (R)[9]
13.39±0.24[10]
13.44[5]
13.69[4]

6229 Tursachan, provisional designation 1983 VN7, is a Themistian

Gaelic word meaning "Standing Stones".[1]

Orbit and classification

Tursachan is a Themistian asteroid that belongs to the

602),[3] a very large family of carbonaceous asteroids, named after 24 Themis.[4][11]
: 23 

It orbits the Sun in the

semi-major axis of 3.08 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic.[2] The body's observation arc begins with a precovery taken at Palomar Observatory just 5 nights prior to its official discovery observation at Anderson Mesa.[1]

Physical characteristics

Tursachan is an assumed

spectral type for members of the Themis family.[11]
: 23 

Rotation period

In September 2010, a rotational

U=2).[4][9]

Diameter and albedo

According to the survey carried out by the

albedo between 0.07 and 0.089.[5][6][7][8]

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.08 and calculates a diameter of 8.61 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.69.[4]

Naming

This

M.P.C. 31296).[12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "6229 Tursachan (1983 VN7)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 6229 Tursachan (1983 VN7)" (2018-03-25 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Asteroid 6229 Tursachan – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "LCDB Data for (6229) Tursachan". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. ^
    doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/3/63
    .
  6. ^
    doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8
    .
  7. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68
    .
  8. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90
    .
  9. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75
    .
  10. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007
    .
  11. ^
    ISBN 9780816532131
    .
  12. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

External links

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