10140 Villon

Main-belt asteroid April 2018 yes 10140 Villon #D6D6D6 E. W. Elst CERGA Obs. 19 September 1993 (10140) Villon 1993 SX 41973 GZ1977 KH1984 CJ1990 WQ 15 François Villon(French poet) main-belt(inner)Nysa–Polana complex 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) 0 44.91 yr (16,402 d) 2.7383 AU 2.1022 AU 2.4203 AU 0.1314 3.77 yr (1,375 d) 340.65° 0.2618 ms / day 2.6208° 165.49° 21.421° 4.785 0.134 km 0.280 0.078 13.7 10140 Villon, provisional designation 1993 SX 4, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 km mi off 1 us in diameter. It was discovered on 19 September 1993, by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst at the CERGA Observatory at Caussols in France. It was named after 15th-century French poet François Villon. Orbit and classification Villon is member of the Nysa–Polana complex, a collection of overlapping asteroid families. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.1–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,375 days; semi-major axis of 2.42 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.13 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its first observations as 1973 GZ at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in April 1973, more than 20 years prior to its official discovery observation at Caussols. Physical characteristics Villon's spectral type has not been determined, Based on its family classification and measured albedo (see below), it is likely a stony S-type asteroid. It has an absolute magnitude of 13.7. As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of Villon has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown. Diameter and albedo According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Villon measures 4.785 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.280. Naming This minor planet was named after medieval French poet François Villon (1431–1463). The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 July 1999 (M.P.C. 35493). References 30em 2018-02-26 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 10140 Villon (1993 SX4) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2010140 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 30 April 2018 10140 Villon (1993 SX4) Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=10140 30 April 2018 MPC/MPO/MPS Archive Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html 30 April 2018 Asteroid 10140 Villon – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0 Small Bodies Data Ferret https://sbntools.psi.edu/ferret/SimpleSearch/results.action?targetName=10140+Villon#Asteroid%2010140%20VillonEAR-A-VARGBDET-5-NESVORNYFAM-V3.0 27 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20201004033629/https://sbntools.psi.edu/ferret/SimpleSearch/results.action?targetName=10140+Villon#Asteroid%2010140%20VillonEAR-A-VARGBDET-5-NESVORNYFAM-V3.0 4 October 2020 dead D. Nesvorný M. Broz V. Carruba December 2014 Identification and Dynamical Properties of Asteroid Families Asteroids IV 297–321 2015aste.book..297N 10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816532131-ch016 1502.01628 9780816532131 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 The Astrophysical Journal 741 2 20 2011ApJ...741...68M 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68 1109.4096 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 Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (10001)-(15000) – Minor Planet Center 10140 10139 Ronsard 10140 10141 Gotenba 010140 Category:Discoveries by Eric Walter Elst Category:Named minor planets Category:François Villon 19930919