13025 Zürich, provisional designation 1989 BA, is a stony Phocaea asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 28 January 1989, by Swiss astronomer Paul Wild at Zimmerwald Observatory near Bern, Switzerland, and later named for the Swiss city of Zürich.[2][7]
Contents
1Orbit and classification
2Lightcurve
3Diameter and albedo estimates
4Naming
5References
6External links
Orbit and classification
The stony S-type asteroid is a member of the Phocaea family (701),[4] a rather small group of asteroids with similar orbital characteristics, named after its largest member, 25 Phocaea. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.7–3.0 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,343 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.28 and an inclination of 24° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] A first precovery was obtained at the Australian Siding Spring Observatory in 1975, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 14 years prior to its discovery.[7]
Lightcurve
In November 2006, American astronomer Brian Warner obtained a rotational lightcurve from photometric observations taken at his Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado. The lightcurve showed a rotation period of 18.53±0.02 hours and a brightness variation of 0.24 in magnitude ({{{1}}}).[6]
Diameter and albedo estimates
According to the survey carried out by NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, the asteroid measures 4.9 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a high albedo of 0.32,[5] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.23 and hence calculates a somewhat larger diameter of 5.3 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 13.6.[3]
Naming
The minor planet is named after Zürich, Switzerland's largest city and economic center, located at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. It was founded by the Romans in the 1st century BC on the rivers Sihl and Limmat and was then called Turicum.[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 November 2001 (M.P.C. 43762).[8]
↑ 2.02.12.2Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(13025) Zürich". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (13025) Zürich. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 792. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_8727. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
↑ 3.03.13.23.33.43.5"LCDB Data for (13025) Zurich". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=13025|Zurich. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
↑ 4.04.1"Asteroid 13025 Zurich – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0". Small Bodies Data Ferret. https://sbntools.psi.edu/ferret/SimpleSearch/results.action?targetName=13025+Zurich#Asteroid 13025 ZurichEAR-A-VARGBDET-5-NESVORNYFAM-V3.0. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
↑ 5.05.15.25.3Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C. et al. (November 2012). "Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal Letters759 (1): 5. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Bibcode: 2012ApJ...759L...8M. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2012ApJ...759L...8M. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
↑ 6.06.1Warner, Brian D. (June 2007). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - September-December 2006". The Minor Planet Bulletin34 (2): 32–37. ISSN 1052-8091. Bibcode: 2007MPBu...34...32W. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2007MPBu...34...32W. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
↑ 7.07.1"13025 Zurich (1989 BA)". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=13025. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
↑"MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
External links
The Palmer Divide Observatory: Tour given by Brian Warner on YouTube (time 4:03 min.)
Lightcurve plot of 13025 Zurich, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2006)
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 (10001)-(15000) – Minor Planet Center
13025 Zürich at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
13025 Zürich at the JPL Small-Body Database
Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters
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