15092 Beegees

Main-belt asteroid May 2018 yes 15092 Beegees #D6D6D6 J. Broughton Reedy Creek Obs. 15 March 1999 (15092) Beegees 1999 EH 51975 TL 11983 FR1983 HG 11988 BV 1 Bee Gees(British musical trio) main-belt(outer)Eos 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) 0 42.40 yr (15,486 d) 3.0985 AU 2.9219 AU 3.0102 AU 0.0293 5.22 yr (1,908 d) 302.74° 0.1887 ms / day 9.6966° 356.02° 123.03° 12.012 0.273 km 0.122 0.015 S (SDSS-MOC) 12.1 15092 Beegees (provisional designation 1999 EH 5) is a stony Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 12 km mi off 2 us in diameter. It was discovered on 15 March 1999, by Australian amateur astronomer John Broughton at his Reedy Creek Observatory in Queensland, Australia. The S-type asteroid was named for the brothers of the Gibb family, known as the musical trio Bee Gees. Orbit and classification Beegees is a core member the Eos family (606), the largest stony asteroid family in the outer main belt, consisting of nearly 10,000 known asteroids. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.9–3.1 AU once every 5 years and 3 months (1,908 days; semi-major axis of 3.01 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.03 and an inclination of 10° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its first observation as 1975 TL 1 at Crimea–Nauchnij in October 1975, more than 23 years prior to its official discovery observation at Reedy Creek. Physical characteristics In the SDSS-based taxonomy, Beegees is a common, stony S-type asteroid, which is also the overall spectral type for members of the Eos family.23 The asteroid has an absolute magnitude of 12.1. As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve 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, Beegees measures 12.012 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.122. Naming This minor planet was named for the members the British pop-rock-disco group Bee Gees: Barry Gibb (born 1946), Robin Gibb (1949–2012), and Maurice Gibb (1949–2003), as well as for their younger brother and solo singer, Andy Gibb (1958–1988), who was never a member of the group. The renowned musicians were raised in Australia, only 100 kilometers from the Reedy Creek Observatory where this asteroid was discovered. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 May 2001 (M.P.C. 42674). References 30em 2018-02-25 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 15092 Beegees (1999 EH5) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2015092 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 28 May 2018 15092 Beegees (1999 EH5) Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=15092 28 May 2018 MPC/MPO/MPS Archive Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html 28 May 2018 Asteroid 15092 Beegees Small Bodies Data Ferret https://sbntools.psi.edu/ferret/SimpleSearch/results.action?targetName=15092+Beegees 28 May 2018 October 2026 InternetArchiveBot 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 J. M. Carvano P. H. Hasselmann D. Lazzaro T. Mothé-Diniz February 2010 SDSS-based taxonomic classification and orbital distribution of main belt asteroids https://sbnarchive.psi.edu/pds3/non_mission/EAR_A_I0035_5_SDSSTAX_V1_1/data/sdsstax_ast_table.tab Astronomy and Astrophysics 510 12 2010A&A...510A..43C 10.1051/0004-6361/200913322 30 October 2019 free (PDS data set) 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 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (15001)-(20000) – Minor Planet Center 15092 15091 Howell 15092 15093 Lestermackey 015092 Category:Discoveries by John Broughton Category:Named minor planets 19990315