19367 Pink Floyd

Main-belt asteroid October 2019 yes 19367 Pink Floyd #D6D6D6 ODAS CERGA Obs. 3 December 1997 (19367) Pink Floyd 1997 XW 31985 UZ 21999 JH 126 Pink Floyd(English rock band) main-belt(inner) background 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) 0 62.66 yr (22,888 d) 2.8466 AU 2.0439 AU 2.4452 AU 0.1641 3.82 yr (1,397 days) 114.74° 0.2578 ms / day 3.6853° 91.599° 305.17° 6.652 0.172 km 0.048 0.013 14.6 19367 Pink Floyd (provisional designation 1997 XW 3) is a dark background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 December 1997, by European astronomers of the ODAS survey at the CERGA Observatory near Caussols, France. The asteroid was named after the English rock band Pink Floyd. Orbit and classification Pink Floyd is a non-family asteroid from the background population. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.8 AU once every 3 years and 10 months (1,397 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic. The asteroid was first identified as 1985 UZ 2 at the discovering Caussols Observatory in October 1985. Its observation arc begins 43 years prior to its official discovery observation, with a precovery taken by the Digitized Sky Survey at Palomar Observatory in July 1954. Physical characteristics Diameter and albedo According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Pink Floyd measures 6.652 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a low albedo of 0.048. An albedo near 0.05 is typical for carbonaceous C-type asteroids, which are the dominant type in the outer region of the main belt, but rather unusual in the inner parts. Pink Floyd has an absolute magnitude of 14.6. Rotation period As of 2017, no rotational lightcurve of Pink Floyd has been obtained from photometric observations. The asteroid's rotation period, spin axis and shape remain unknown. Naming This minor planet was named after the English rock band Pink Floyd, which released several astronomically themed songs such as "Interstellar Overdrive" and "Astronomy Domine". The band's album The Dark Side of the Moon (1973) became one of the best-selling records of all time. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 6 August 2003 (M.P.C. 49281). References 30em 2017-03-30 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 19367 Pink Floyd (1997 XW3) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2019367 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 13 September 2017 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (19367) Pink Floyd, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005 Schmadel Lutz D. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 134 2006 978-3-540-34361-5 10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_1491 (19367) Pink Floyd [2.44, 0.16, 3.7] 19367 Pink Floyd (1997 XW3) Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=19367 13 September 2017 MPC/MPO/MPS Archive Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html 13 September 2017 6 Joseph R. Masiero A. K. Mainzer T. Grav J. M. Bauer R. M. Cutri J. Dailey P. R. M. Eisenhardt R. S. McMillan T. B. Spahr M. F. Skrutskie D. Tholen R. G. Walker E. L. Wright E. DeBaun D. Elsbury T. IV Gautier S. Gomillion A. Wilkins November 2011 Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2011ApJ...741...68M The Astrophysical Journal 741 2 20 2011ApJ...741...68M 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68 1109.4096 118745497 13 September 2017 Asteroid 19367 Pink Floyd – Proper Elements AstDyS-2, Asteroids – Dynamic Site https://newton.spacedys.com/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.6&n=19367 29 October 2019 19367 13 September 2017 External links Orbit diagram of (19367) Pink Floyd – Minor Planet Center Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info https://web.archive.org/web/20110721225144/http://www.minorplanet.info/lightcurvedatabase.html 21 July 2011 ) 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 (15001)-(20000) – Minor Planet Center 19367 19367 019367 019367 Category:Named minor planets Category:Pink Floyd 19971203