1163 Saga

1163 SagaDiscovery[1]

Discovered by| K. Reinmuth
Discovery site| Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date| 20 January 1930
Designations

MPC designation

| (1163) Saga
Named after| Sagas
(Norse mythological stories)[2]

Alternative designations

| 1930 BA
Minor planet category| main-belt * (outer)[1][3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc| 87.49 yr (31,955 days)
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}| 3.3672 AU
|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}| 3.0768 AU

Semi-major axis

| 3.2220 AU
Eccentricity| 0.0451
Orbital period| 5.78 yr (2,112 days)
Mean anomaly| 237.48°
Mean motion| 0° 10m 13.44s / day
Inclination| 9.0146°
Longitude of ascending node| 127.72°

|{{{apsis}}}|helion}}

| 197.44°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions| 26.29±0.68 km[4]
29.11±1.7 km[3][5]
32.429±0.261 km[6]
33.94±0.87 km[7]
38.113±0.547 km[8]
Rotation period| 9.278±0.001 h[9]
9.365±0.006 h[9]
9.394±0.0192 h[10]
Geometric albedo| 0.0640±0.0067[8]
0.097±0.006[7]
0.1199 (derived)[3]
0.1200±0.015[5]
0.147±0.020[4]

Spectral type

| S(assumed)[3]
Absolute magnitude (H)| 10.548±0.003 (R)[10] * 10.60[3][4][5][7] * 10.7[1][8] * 11.18±0.28[11]

1163 Saga, provisionally designated 1930 BA, is a background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 32 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 20 January 1930, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany.[12] The asteroid is named after the Sagas, a collection of stories from Norse mythology.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Orbit and classification
* 2 Physical characteristics
* 2.1 Rotation period
* 2.2 Diameter and albedo
* 3 Naming
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Orbit and classification

Saga is classified as a background asteroid, indicating that it does not belong to any known asteroid family. It orbits the Sun in the outer main belt at a distance of 3.1–3.4 AU once every 5 years and 9 months (2,112 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.05 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg, six weeks after its official discovery observation.[12]

## Physical characteristics

Saga is an presumed to be an S-type asteroid,[3] although a wide range of measured albedos indicates otherwise (see below).

### Rotation period

Since 2006, three rotational lightcurves of Saga have been obtained from photometric observations by French amateur astronomers Laurent Bernasconi and René Roy, as well as by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period between 9.278 and 9.394 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.25 to 0.33 magnitude ({{{1}}}).[9][10]

### Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite, and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Saga's diameter measures between 26.29 and 38.113 kilometers, and its surface has an albedo between 0.0640 and 0.147.[4][5][6][7][8]

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.1199 and adopts a diameter of 29.11 kilometers from IRAS with an absolute magnitude of 10.6.[3]

## Naming

This minor planet was named after the Sagas, a collection of prose Norse mythological stories of ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history. It includes the early Viking voyages and is mostly written in Old Icelandic (Old Norse). The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 108).[2]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1163 Saga (1930 BA)". Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001163. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1163) Saga". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1163) Saga. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 98. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1164. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "LCDB Data for (1163) Saga". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=1163|Saga. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Masiero, 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 Letters 759 (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 7 September 2017.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System 12: 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 22 October 2019.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Masiero, 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 Journal 791 (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 7 September 2017.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Usui, 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 Japan 63 (5): 1117–1138. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. Bibcode: 2011PASJ...63.1117U. (online, AcuA catalog p. 153)
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Mainzer, 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 Journal 741 (2): 25. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Bibcode: 2011ApJ...741...90M.
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1163) Saga". Geneva Observatory. http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page3cou.html#001163. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Waszczak, Adam; Chang, Chan-Kao; Ofek, Eran O.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Levitan, David et al. (September 2015). "Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry". The Astronomical Journal 150 (3): 35. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. Bibcode: 2015AJ....150...75W. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2015AJ....150...75W. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
11. ↑ Veres, 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". Icarus 261: 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 7 September 2017.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "1163 Saga (1930 BA)". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1163. Retrieved 7 September 2017.

## 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
* 1163 Saga at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
* Ephemeris * Observation prediction * Orbital info * Proper elements * Observational info
* 1163 Saga at the JPL Small-Body Database
* Close approach * Discovery * Ephemeris * Orbit diagram * Orbital elements * Physical parameters

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