947 Monterosa
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Minor planet orbiting the Sun
Discoverydate8 February 1921
(947) Monterosa
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Schwassmann |
| Discovery site | Bergedorf |
| Discovery date | 8 February 1921 |
| Designations | |
| (947) Monterosa | |
| 1921 JD | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 109.28 yr (39915 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.4384 AU (514.38 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.0641 AU (308.78 Gm) |
| 2.7513 AU (411.59 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.24975 |
| 4.56 yr (1666.8 d) | |
| 61.4561° | |
| 0° 12m 57.528s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.7071° |
| 48.349° | |
| 338.212° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.45±0.85 km | |
| 5.164 h (0.2152 d) | |
| 0.2937±0.040 | |
| 9.9 | |
947 Monterosa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.
Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado during 2007 produced a light curve with a period of 5.164 ± 0.001 hours with a brightness range of 0.23 ± 0.02 in magnitude. This differs from a period of 2.376 hours reported in 2007.[2]
- ↑ "947 Monterosa (1921 JD)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ Warner, Brian D. (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...72W.
External links
- Lightcurve plot of 947 Monterosa, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2007)
- 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 (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 947 Monterosa at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 947 Monterosa at the JPL Small-Body Database
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