827 Wolfiana

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827 Wolfiana
Discovery 
Synodic rotation period
4.0±0.3 h[7]
4.0654±0.0001 h[8]
0.1153±0.0299[6]
0.129±0.020[5]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
S (assumed)[3]
13.1[1][3] · 13.2[6]

827 Wolfiana, provisional designation 1916 ZW, is a Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered at Vienna Observatory on 29 August 1916, by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa, who named it after German astronomer Max Wolf.[2][9] The assumed stony asteroid has a rotation period of 4.0654 hours.

Orbit and classification

Wolfiana is a member of the

semi-major axis of 2.27 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Vienna.[9]

Physical characteristics

Wolfiana is an assumed stony

spectral type for Florian asteroids.[10]
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Rotation period

In September 2012, a rotational

U=2).[7]

Diameter and albedo

According to the survey carried out by the

albedo of 0.129 and 0.1153, respectively.[5][6]

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora, the parent body of the Flora family – and calculates a diameter of 6.51 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.1.[3]

Naming

This minor planet was named by the discoverer in 1920 (AN 211;441) after German astronomer, colleague and friend, Max Wolf (1863–1932), a professor of astronomy at Heidelberg University and founder and director of the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory, who discovered several novae, comets and 248 minor planets.[2]

The official naming citation was mentioned in

H 82). Asteroid 1217 Maximiliana and the lunar crater Wolf were also named in his honor.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 827 Wolfiana (1916 ZW)" (2017-05-04 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3
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  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "LCDB Data for (827) Wolfiana". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Asteroid 827 Wolfiana – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  5. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121
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  6. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90
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  7. ^
    doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201219199
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  8. ^
    ISSN 1052-8091
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  9. ^ a b "827 Wolfiana (1916 ZW)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  10. ^
    ISBN 9780816532131
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External links
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