13003 Dickbeasley

Background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt May 2024 yes 13003 Dickbeasley #D6D6D6 21 March 1982 E. Bowell Anderson Mesa Stn. (13003) Dickbeasley 1982 FN1982 HJ 2 Dick Beasley (NAU, artist) main-belt(inner)background 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) 0 34.66 yr (12,661 days) 3.0838 AU 2.0332 AU 2.5585 AU 0.2053 4.09 yr (1,495 days) 227.37° 0.2408 ms / day 26.560° 177.56° 33.358° 5.41 km (calculated)8.240 0.119 km 3.4992 0.0090 h3.4999 0.0005 h3.502 0.001 h 0.074 0.0110.20 (assumed) S (assumed) 13.714.402 0.008 (S)14.25 0.89 13003 Dickbeasley, provisional designation 1982 FN, is a background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station on 21 March 1982. The asteroid was named in memory of American NAU administrator Dick Beasley. Orbit and classification Dickbeasley is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.0–3.1 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,495 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.21 and an inclination of 27° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation, as no precoveries were taken, and no prior identifications were made. Naming This minor planet was named in memory of American Richard "Dick" E. Beasley (1934–1992), a teacher and administrator at Northern Arizona University. He was also a multi-media artist and a preeminent figure in the calligraphic world. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 February 2009 (M.P.C. 65122). Physical characteristics Rotation period In April 2015, a rotational lightcurve of Dickbeasley was obtained from photometric observations made at the Phillips Academy Observatory I12. It gave a rotation period of 3.502 hours with a brightness variation of 0.44 magnitude (U=3-). One month later, in May 2015, observations at Texas Tech's Preston Gott Observatory gave a concurring period of 3.4999 hours with an amplitude of 0.30 magnitude (U=3-). These results supersede the first obtained lightcurve at the Palomar Transient Factory from September 2012, which gave a period of 3.4992 hours and an amplitude of 0.42 (U=2). Diameter and albedo According to the surveys carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Dickbeasley measures 8.2 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.07, while he Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 5.4 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 13.7. References 30em 2016-11-18 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 13003 Dickbeasley (1982 FN) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2013003 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 24 June 2017 13003 Dickbeasley (1982 FN) Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=13003 23 May 2016 MPC/MPO/MPS Archive Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html 23 May 2016 13003 23 May 2016 6 A. Mainzer T. Grav J. Masiero E. Hand J. Bauer D. Tholen R. S. McMillan T. Spahr R. M. Cutri E. Wright J. Watkins W. Mo C. 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Prince Shrinivas Kulkarni September 2015 Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2015AJ....150...75W The Astronomical Journal 150 3 35 2015AJ....150...75W 10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75 1504.04041 23 May 2016 6 Peter Veres Robert Jedicke Alan Fitzsimmons Larry Denneau Mikael Granvik Bryce Bolin Serge Chastel Richard J. Wainscoat William S. Burgett Kenneth C. Chambers Heather Flewelling Nick Kaiser Eugen A. Magnier Jeff S. Morgan Paul A. Price John L. Tonry Christopher Waters November 2015 Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2015Icar..261...34V Icarus 261 34–47 2015Icar..261...34V 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007 1506.00762 23 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 External links Richard E. Beasley, Biography Richard E. Beasley (1934–1992), The Art of the Letter 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 – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (10001)-(15000) – Minor Planet Center 13003 13003 13004 Aldaz 013003 Category:Discoveries by Edward L. G. Bowell Category:Named minor planets 19820321