136 Austria

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136 Austria
3D convex shape model of 136 Austria
Discovery[1]
Discovered byJohann Palisa
Discovery siteAustrian Naval Obs.
Discovery date18 March 1874
Designations
(136) Austria
Named afterAustria
A874 FA · 1950 HT[2][lower-alpha 1]
Minor planet categorymain-belt[1][2] · (inner)
background[3]
Orbital characteristics[2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc141.11 yr (51,539 d)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.4812 AU
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2.0927 AU
2.2869 AU
Eccentricity0.0849
Orbital period3.46 yr (1,263 d)
Mean anomaly102.82°
Mean motion0° 17m 6s / day
Inclination9.5788°
Longitude of ascending node186.46°
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}2024-Feb-24
132.95°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter40.14±1.0 km[2]
40.14 km[4]
Mass6.8×1016 kg
Rotation period11.4969 h (0.47904 d)[2]
Geometric albedo0.1459±0.007[2]
0.1459[4]
M[4]
Absolute magnitude (H)9.69


136 Austria is a main-belt asteroid that was found by the prolific asteroid discoverer Johann Palisa on 18 March 1874, from the Austrian Naval Observatory in Pola, Istria.[5] It was his first asteroid discovery and was given the Latin name of his homeland. This object is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.29 astronomical unit|AU with an eccentricity of 0.08 and an orbital period of 3.46 years. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 9.6° to the plane of the ecliptic.

The cross-sectional diameter of this asteroid is 40.14 km. Based upon its spectrum, it is classified as a metallic M-type spectrum, although Clark et al. (1994) suggest it may be more like a stony S-type asteroid.[6] It shows almost no absorption features in the near infrared, which may indicate an iron or enstatite chondrite surface composition. A weak hydration feature was detected in 2006.[7]

Photometric observations of this asteroid at the European Southern Observatory in 1981 gave a light curve with a period of 11.5 ± 0.1 hours and a brightness variation of 0.40 in magnitude.[4] As of 2013, the estimated rotation period is 11.4969[8] hours.

Notes

  1. The MPC notates Austria's retroactive new-style designation as 1874 FA.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "136 Austria". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=136. Retrieved 29 May 2018. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 136 Austria". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2000136. Retrieved 29 May 2018. 
  3. "Asteroid 136 Austria". Small Bodies Data Ferret. https://sbntools.psi.edu/ferret/SimpleSearch/results.action?targetName=136+Austria. Retrieved 29 May 2018. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Schober, H. J. (January 1983), "Rotation periods and lightcurves of the asteroids 136 Austria and 238 Hypatia", Astronomy and Astrophysics 117 (2): pp. 362–364, Bibcode1983A&A...117..362S. 
  5. Albrecht, R. et al. (July 2001), "Early asteroid research in Austria", Planetary and Space Science 49 (8): pp. 777–779, doi:10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00027-7, Bibcode2001P&SS...49..777A. 
  6. Clark, B. E. et al. (March 1994), "Infrared Spectral Observations of Smaller (50 km) Main Belt S, K, and M Type Asteroids", Abstracts of the 25th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held in Houston, TX, 14–18 March 1994: pp. 265–266, Bibcode1994LPI....25..265C. 
  7. Hardersen, Paul S.; Gaffey, Michael J.; Abell, Paul A. (January 1983), "Near-IR spectral evidence for the presence of iron-poor orthopyroxenes on the surfaces of six M-type asteroids", Icarus 175 (1): pp. 141–158, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.10.017, Bibcode2005Icar..175..141H. 
  8. Behrend, Raoul (in French), Courbes de rotation d'astéroïdes et de comètes, Observatoire de Genève, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html, retrieved 2013-03-30 




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