1071 Brita

Main-belt asteroid October 2019 yes 1071 Brita #D6D6D6 V. Albitzkij Simeiz Obs. 3 March 1924 (1071) Brita 1924 RE1927 YB1947 BE1948 HB1948 JG1952 FJA910 EBA917 SP Great Britain(part of British Isles) main-belt(middle)background 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) 0 107.06 yr (39,102 days) 3.1065 AU 2.4954 AU 2.8009 AU 0.1091 4.69 yr (1,712 days) 60.276° 0.2103 ms / day 5.3715° 52.571° 27.137° 39.45 8.81 km40.266 12.91 km50.14 km (derived)50.29 1.4 km60.862 0.536 km62.53 0.65 km64.23 19.39 km 5.8 h (poor)5.805 0.002 h5.8158 0.0003 h5.8169 0.0003 h 0.03 0.020.036 0.0050.042 0.0010.0486 (derived)0.0524 0.04880.0637 0.0040.07 0.03 SMASS XkX 10.1010.3010.4010.54 0.2510.56 1071 Brita, provisional designation 1924 RE, is a dark asteroid from the background population of the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 50 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 March 1924, by Soviet astronomer Vladimir Albitsky at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. The asteroid was named after the island of Great Britain. Orbit and classification Brita is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun on the outer rim of the central asteroid belt at a distance of 2.5–3.1 AU once every 4 years and 8 months (1,712 days; semi-major axis of 2.80 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.11 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic. The asteroid was first identified as A910 EB at Heidelberg Observatory in March 1910. The body's observation arc begins at Lowell Observatory in October 1931, more than 7 years after its official discovery observation Simeiz. Physical characteristics In the SMASS classification, Brita is an Xk-subtype that transitions from the X-type to the rare K-type asteroids. Rotation period In 2001, a first, fragmentary lightcurve of Brita was published by a group of Brazilian and Argentine astronomers. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 5.8 hours with a brightness variation of 0.38 magnitude (U=1). Between 2008 and 2016, photometric observations gave three well-defined periods of 5.805, 5.8158 and 5.8169 hours and an amplitude of 0.19, 0.23 and 0.20 magnitude, respectively (U=3/3/3). 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, Brita measures between 39.45 and 64.23 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.03 and 0.07. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0486 and a diameter of 50.14 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.4. Naming This minor planet was named after the island of Great Britain, where the discovering observatory's 1-meter telescope was built. The author of the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Lutz Schmadel, learned about the naming circumstances from Crimean astronomers N. Solovaya and N. S. Chernykh (see 2325 Chernykh). References 30em 2017-03-29 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1071 Brita (1924 RE) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001071 https://web.archive.org/web/20200819100433/https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001071 dead 19 August 2020 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 7 December 2017 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1071) Brita Schmadel Lutz D. 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