2003 Harding

Main-belt asteroid October 2019 yes 2003 Harding #D6D6D6 24 September 1960 C. J. van HoutenI. van Houten-G.T. Gehrels Palomar Obs. (2003) Harding 6559 P-L1934 XH1941 BH1952 BP1952 DT1971 SU 11972 YT1973 AG 1 Karl Harding(German astronomer) main-belt(outer) 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) 0 82.47 yr (30,122 days) 3.4477 AU 2.6723 AU 3.0600 AU 0.1267 5.35 yr (1,955 days) 98.138° 0.1841 ms / day 1.8693° 64.474° 70.697° 20.173 0.112 2.96 h d on on 0.065 0.005 C 12.0 2003 Harding, provisional designation 6559 P-L, is a carbonaceous Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden survey on 24 September 1960, by astronomers Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, and Tom Gehrels at Palomar, California. The asteroid was later named after astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding. Orbit and characterization The asteroid is a member of the Eos family. Orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.4 AU once every 5 years and 4 months, the asteroid's path is nearly coplanar to the plane of the ecliptic with an orbital inclination of less than 2 degrees. It has a short rotation period of three hours. The survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s. Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory where astrometry was carried out. The trio are credited with the discovery of several thousand asteroid discoveries. Naming The asteroid is named after German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding (1765–1834), who discovered the minor planet 3 Juno. He is also honored by the lunar crater Harding. The official 2003 naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 October 1977 (M.P.C. 4238). References 30em 2017-06-02 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2003 Harding (6559 P-L) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2002003 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 17 June 2017 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2003) Harding Schmadel Lutz D. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 162 2007 978-3-540-00238-3 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2004 (2003) Harding 2003 Harding (6559 P-L) Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=2003 17 June 2017 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition (2006–2008) Appendix – Publication Dates of the MPCs Schmadel Lutz D. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 221 978-3-642-01964-7 10.1007/978-3-642-01965-4 Minor Planet Discoverers Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html 24 April 2016 17 June 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 17 June 2017 2003 17 June 2017 Alvaro Alvarez-Candal René Duffard Cláudia A. Angeli Daniela Lazzaro Silvia Fernández December 2004 Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2004Icar..172..388A Icarus 172 2 388–401 2004Icar..172..388A 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008 17 June 2017 External links 2003 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 2002 Euler 2003 2004 Lexell 002003 Category:Discoveries by Cornelis Johannes van Houten Category:Discoveries by Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld Category:Discoveries by Tom Gehrels 6559 Category:Named minor planets 19600924