15811 Nüsslein-Volhard

Asteroid October 2019 yes 9em 15811 Nüsslein-Volhard #D6D6D6 10 July 1994 F. Börngen Karl Schwarzschild Obs. (15811) Nüsslein-Volhard 1994 ND 11955 SX 11988 PY 21989 SG 7 Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard(biologist, Nobelist) main-belt(outer)background 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) 0 60.87 yr (22,232 days) 3.7344 AU 2.6737 AU 3.2041 AU 0.1655 5.74 yr (2,095 days) 0.3974° 0.1719 ms / day 9.6131° 225.54° 74.845° 15.520 0.13316.17 1.4 km (IRAS:2) 0.0617 0.013 (IRAS:2)0.067 0.007 12.8 15811 Nüsslein-Volhard, provisional designation 1994 ND 1, is a dark background asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 16 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 July 1994, by German astronomer Freimut Börngen at the Karl Schwarzschild Observatory in Tautenburg, Germany. It was named for Nobelist Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard. Orbit and classification Nüsslein-Volhard orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.7–3.7 AU once every 5 years and 9 months (2,095 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.17 and an inclination of 10° with respect to the ecliptic. The asteroid's observation arc begins 39 years prior to its official discovery observation, with its first identification as 1955 SX 1 at the Goethe Link Observatory in September 1955. Physical characteristics According to the observations made by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Nüsslein-Volhard measures 15.2 and 16.2 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo of 0.062 and 0.067, respectively. A low albedo of 0.06 is typical for carbonaceous asteroids. Lightcurve As of 2017, Nüsslein-Volhards actual composition, rotation period and shape remain unknown. Naming This minor planet was named after Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (born 1942), a German biologist who, together with Eric Wieschaus and Edward Lewis, won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995. Her research identified the genes controlling the embryonic development for the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 26 May 2002 (M.P.C. 45748). References 30em 2016-08-03 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 15811 Nusslein-Volhard (1994 ND1) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2015811 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 26 June 2017 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (15811) Nüsslein-Volhard Schmadel Lutz D. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 828 2007 978-3-540-00238-3 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_9194 (15811) Nüsslein-Volhard 15811 Nusslein-Volhard (1994 ND1) Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=15811 5 April 2016 MPC/MPO/MPS Archive Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html 20 May 2016 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 3 December 2016 15811 26 June 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/20241208174218/http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html 8 December 2024 – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (15001)-(20000) – Minor Planet Center 15811 15810 Arawn 15811 15817 Lucianotesi 015811 Category:Discoveries by Freimut Börngen Category:Named minor planets 19940710