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1712 Angola
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Asteroid
October 2019
yes
1712 Angola
#D6D6D6
28 May 1935
C. Jackson
Johannesburg Obs.
(1712) Angola
1935 KC1929 GC1935 ML1946 JB1953 SD1963 MD
Angola (country)
main-belt(outer)
4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
0
87.94 yr (32,121 days)
3.6492 AU
2.6832 AU
3.1662 AU
0.1525
5.63 yr (2,058 days)
190.35°
0.1749 ms / day
19.393°
237.61°
18.217°
59.31 km (derived)59.48 2.3 km64.904 1.218 km66.892 0.29870.07 1.03 km74.47 0.68 km
11.527 h11.5274 0.0007 h11.53 h
0.029 0.0030.043 0.0020.0458 (derived)0.0504 0.01260.0600 0.005
PC
9.810.110.15 0.24
1712 Angola, provisional designation 1935 KC, is a dark asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 66 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 28 May 1935, by English-born South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa. It is named after the Republic of Angola.
Orbit
Angola orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.7–3.6 AU once every 5 years and 8 months (2,058 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an inclination of 19° with respect to the ecliptic. Angola was first identified as 1929 GC at Johannesburg in 1929, extending the body's observation arc by 6 years prior to its official discovery observation.
Lightcurve
In July 2003, French amateur astronomer René Roy obtained a rotational lightcurve of Angola. It gave a well-defined rotation period of 11.5274 hours with a brightness variation of 0.38 magnitude (U=3). Photometric observations by ESO's CCD-specialist Cyril Cavadore gave an identical period of 11.53 hours with an insufficient amplitude of 0.02 magnitude (U=1).
Spectra, diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite, and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Angola measures between 59.48 and 70.07 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.029 and 0.060. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0458 and a diameter of 59.31 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.1. The carbonaceous C-type asteroid is also classified a dark P type by WISE.
Naming
This minor planet is named for Angola, the state on the southwestern coast of Africa. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 February 1980 (M.P.C. 5183).
References
2017-03-21 last obs.
JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1712 Angola (1935 KC)
https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001712
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
1 July 2017
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1712) Angola
Schmadel Lutz D.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
136
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978-3-540-00238-3
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1712 Angola (1935 KC)
Minor Planet Center
https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1712
22 December 2016
MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
Minor Planet Center
https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
22 December 2016
Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1712) Angola
Behrend
Raoul
Geneva Observatory
http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page4cou.html#001712
22 December 2016
1 April 2019
https://web.archive.org/web/20190401181659/http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page4cou.html#001712
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IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0
https://sbnarchive.psi.edu/pds3/iras/IRAS_A_FPA_3_RDR_IMPS_V6_0/data/diamalb.tab
NASA Planetary Data System
12
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5
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The Astrophysical Journal
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2
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Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids
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1
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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/20241208174218/http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html 8 December 2024 – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
1712
1711 Sandrine 1712 1713 Bancilhon
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Category:Discoveries by Cyril Jackson (astronomer)
Category:Named minor planets
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