1796 Riga, provisional designation 1966 KB, is a dark asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 70 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 16 May 1966, by Russian astronomer Nikolai Chernykh at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyj, on the Crimean peninsula.[15] It is named after the Latvian capital Riga.[2]
Contents
1Orbit and classification
2Spectral type
3Diameter and albedo
4Rotation period
5Naming
6Notes
7References
8External links
Orbit and classification
The asteroid orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 3.2–3.5 AU once every 6 years and 2 months (2,247 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.06 and an inclination of 23° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The body was first identified as "1907 TG" at the U.S Taunton Observatory (803) in 1907, and its first used precovery was taken at the Goethe Link Observatory in 1953, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 13 years prior to its official discovery observation.[15] It is a member of the Cybele group of asteroids.[16]
Spectral type
The carbonaceous C-type asteroid is also classified as a very dark and featureless reddish P-type body by the NEOWISE survey of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE).[4][13][14] In the Tholen and SMASS taxonomy, it has a XFCU and Cb subtype, respectively.[1]
Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and NASA's WISE/NEOWISE mission, the asteroid measures between 66.2 and 85.7 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.028 and 0.05.[3][4][5][6][7][8] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) agrees with the results obtained by IRAS, adopting a diameter of 73.83 kilometers with an albedo of 0.0376, based on an absolute magnitude of 9.84.[13]
Rotation period
Several rotational lightcurve for this asteroid were obtained from photometric observations since 1997. They gave a variety of rotation periods from 10.608 to 22.226 hours with inconsistent brightness variations in the range of 0.05 to 0.40 magnitude ({{{1}}}).[9][10][11][12][lower-alpha 1] CALL adopts the results of the most observations made by astronomer Julian Oey at the Australian Blue Mountains Observatory (Q68) in March 2014, which gave a period of 22.226±0.001 hours and an amplitude of 0.40±0.05 magnitude ({{{1}}}).[12][13]
Naming
The minor planet was named after Riga, the capital of Latvia and location of the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Latvia. The name was proposed by Matiss A. Dirikis, who was a member of the observatory at the Latvian State University, and after whom the asteroid 1805 Dirikis is named.[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 1971 (M.P.C. 3185).[17]
Notes
↑ 1.01.1Lightcurve plot of 1796 Riga, Palmer Divide Observatory, by B. D. Warner (2003), with a rotation period 10.608±0.002 hours and a brightness amplitude of 0.14±0.02 mag. Summary figures at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL)
↑ 2.02.12.2Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1796) Riga". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1796) Riga. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 144. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1797. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
↑ 3.03.13.23.3Alí-Lagoa, V.; Licandro, J.; Gil-Hutton, R.; Cañ; ada-Assandri, M.; Delbo', M. et al. (June 2016). "Differences between the Pallas collisional family and similarly sized B-type asteroids". Astronomy and Astrophysics591: 11. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527660. Bibcode: 2016A&A...591A..14A. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2016A&A...591A..14A. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
↑ 4.04.14.24.34.44.5Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; Tholen, D. et al. (November 2011). "NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results". The Astrophysical Journal741 (2): 25. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Bibcode: 2011ApJ...741...90M.
↑ 5.05.15.2Masiero, Joseph R.; Grav, T.; Mainzer, A. K.; Nugent, C. R.; Bauer, J. M.; Stevenson, R. et al. (August 2014). "Main-belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE: Near-infrared Albedos". The Astrophysical Journal791 (2): 11. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121. Bibcode: 2014ApJ...791..121M. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2014ApJ...791..121M. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
↑ 6.06.16.26.3Alí-Lagoa, V.; de León, J.; Licandro, J.; Delbó, M.; Campins, H.; Pinilla-Alonso, N. et al. (June 2013). "Physical properties of B-type asteroids from WISE data". Astronomy and Astrophysics554: 16. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220680. Bibcode: 2013A&A...554A..71A. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2013A&A...554A..71A. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
↑ 7.07.17.27.3Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System – IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Bibcode: 2004PDSS...12.....T. https://sbnarchive.psi.edu/pds3/iras/IRAS_A_FPA_3_RDR_IMPS_V6_0/data/diamalb.tab. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
↑ 8.08.18.28.3Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; Ootsubo, Takafumi et al. (October 2011). "Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan63 (5): 1117–1138. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. Bibcode: 2011PASJ...63.1117U. (online, AcuA catalog p. 153)
↑ 9.09.1Warner, Brian D. (April 2011). "Upon Further Review: VI. An Examination of Previous Lightcurve Analysis from the Palmer Divide Observatory". The Minor Planet Bulletin38 (2): 96–101. ISSN 1052-8091. Bibcode: 2011MPBu...38...96W. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2011MPBu...38...96W. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
↑ 10.010.1Warner, Brian D. (March 2004). "Rotation rates for asteroids 875, 926, 1679, 1796, 3915, 4209, and 34817". The Minor Planet Bulletin31 (1): 19–22. ISSN 1052-8091. Bibcode: 2004MPBu...31...19W. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2004MPBu...31...19W. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
↑ 11.011.1Chiorny, V. G.; Shevchenko, V. G.; Krugly, Yu. N.; Velichko, F. P.; Gaftonyuk, N. M. (May 2007). "Photometry of asteroids: Lightcurves of 24 asteroids obtained in 1993 2005". Planetary and Space Science55 (7–8): 986–997. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2007.01.001. Bibcode: 2007P&SS...55..986C. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2007P&SS...55..986C. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
↑ 12.012.112.2Oey, Julian (January 2016). "Lightcurve Analysis of Asteroids from Blue Mountains Observatory in 2014". The Minor Planet Bulletin43 (1): 45–51. ISSN 1052-8091. Bibcode: 2016MPBu...43...45O. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2016MPBu...43...45O. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
↑ 13.013.113.213.313.4"LCDB Data for (1796) Riga". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=1796|Riga. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
↑ 14.014.114.2Veres, Peter; Jedicke, Robert; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Denneau, Larry; Granvik, Mikael; Bolin, Bryce et al. (November 2015). "Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results". Icarus261: 34–47. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007. Bibcode: 2015Icar..261...34V. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2015Icar..261...34V. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
↑ 15.015.1"1796 Riga (1966 KB)". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1796. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
↑De Prá, M. N. et al. (September 2018), "PRIMASS visits Hilda and Cybele groups", Icarus311: 35–51, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2017.11.012, Bibcode: 2018Icar..311...35D.
↑Schmadel, Lutz D.. "Appendix – Publication Dates of the MPCs". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition (2006–2008). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 221. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-01965-4. ISBN 978-3-642-01964-7.
External links
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info )
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
1796 Riga at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
1796 Riga at the JPL Small-Body Database
Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters
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