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1014 Semphyra
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Main-belt asteroid
October 2019
yes
1014 Semphyra
#D6D6D6
K. Reinmuth
Heidelberg Obs.
29 January 1924
(1014) Semphyra
1924 PW1932 WH1984 YP 6
figure in poemby Aleksandr Pushkin
main-belt(middle)
4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
0
93.02 yr (33,975 days)
3.3624 AU
2.2443 AU
2.8034 AU
0.1994
4.69 yr (1,714 days)
332.39°
0.2100 ms / day
2.2681°
251.71°
233.24°
14.89 3.58 km17.17 0.88 km17.487 0.250 km23.21 km (calculated)
5.636 0.002 h
0.057 (assumed)0.083 0.0130.0835 0.01300.087 0.0090.12 0.06
SMASS XePX
11.9012.04 0.1512.10
1014 Semphyra, provisional designation 1924 PW, is a background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 17 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 29 January 1924, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany. The asteroid was named after the character "Semphyra" in a poem by Aleksandr Pushkin. (Zemfira, "The Gypsies")
Orbit and classification
Semphyra has not been associated with any known asteroid family. It orbits the Sun in the central main belt at a distance of 2.2–3.4 AU once every 4 years and 8 months (1,714 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic.
The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Heidelberg.
Physical characteristics
In the SMASS classification, Semphyra is an Xe-subtype that transitions from the X-type to the bright E-type asteroids, while the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer characterizes it as a dark P-type.
Rotation period
In February 2004, a rotational lightcurve of Semphyra was obtained from photometric observations by American astronomer Donald Pray at the Carbuncle Hill Observatory, Rhode Island (I00). The observations were made at a low phase angle of 1.6–2.9°. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 5.636 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.12 magnitude (U=3), indicating that the body has a rather spheroidal shape.
Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's WISE, Semphyra measures between 14.89 and 17.487 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.083 and 0.12.
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for carbonaceous asteroids of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 23.21 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 11.9.
Naming
This minor planet was named after the character "Semphyra" in a poem by Russian Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837), who was directly honored with the naming of 2208 (2208). The asteroid's official name was proposed by N. Komendantov (RI 740) and mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 97).
References
30em 2017-02-04 last obs.
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https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001014
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29 August 2017
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1014) Semphyra
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1014 Semphyra (1924 PW)
Minor Planet Center
https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1014
29 August 2017
6
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2
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29 August 2017
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29 August 2017
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29 August 2017
6
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Masateru Ishiguro
Takafumi Ootsubo
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6
A. Mainzer
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E. Hand
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R. S. McMillan
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R. M. Cutri
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NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results
The Astrophysical Journal
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2
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March 2005
Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 276, 539, 1014, 1067, 3693 and 4774
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The Minor Planet Bulletin
32
1
8–9
1052-8091
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29 August 2017
6
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Larry Denneau
Mikael Granvik
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Serge Chastel
Richard J. Wainscoat
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Kenneth C. Chambers
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Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results
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Icarus
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34–47
2015Icar..261...34V
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29 August 2017
External links
Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info https://web.archive.org/web/20171216050541/http://www.minorplanet.info/lightcurvedatabase.html 16 December 2017 )
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR https://web.archive.org/web/20160729213840/http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html 29 July 2016 – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
1014
1013 Tombecka 1014 1015 Christa
001014
Category:Discoveries by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
19240129
Category:Named minor planets
Category:Alexander Pushkin
001014