1001 Gaussia

Main-belt asteroid October 2019 yes 1001 Gaussia #D6D6D6 AnimatedOrbitOf1001Gaussia.gif Orbit of Gaussia (blue) compared to those of the inner planets and Jupiter (outermost) S. Belyavskyj Simeiz Obs. 8 August 1923 (1001) Gaussia 1923 OAA907 XCA911 MD ˈ g aʊ s i əGaussian Carl Friedrich Gauss(German mathematician) main-belt(outer) 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) 0 109.33 yr (39,933 days) 3.6150 AU 2.8046 AU 3.2098 AU 0.1262 5.75 yr (2,100 days) 121.11° 0.1714 ms / day 9.2958° 259.32° 142.51° 67.80 19.69 km68.51 21.78 km72.422 1.517 km72.711 0.298 km74.67 3.8 km74.71 km (derived)75.40 0.99 km80.07 0.68 km 4.08 0.05 h9.17 0.01 h20.99 0.01 hlcdb-Aznar 2016a 0.036 0.0070.039 0.0010.0392 0.0040.041 0.0040.0416 0.00540.0417 (derived)0.05 0.030.05 0.04 Tholen PCB–V 0.689U–B 0.265 9.709.729.779.89.91 0.26 Gaussia (minor planet designation: 1001 Gaussia), provisional designation 1923 OA, is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 73 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 8 August 1923, by Soviet astronomer Sergey Belyavsky at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula. The asteroid was named after German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. Gauss computed the orbit of Ceres, and 1001 Gaussia was named along with 1000 Piazzia, and 1002 Olbersia in part for their work on Ceres, with names for Giuseppe Piazzi, who found Ceres, and Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, who recovered it later that year.1941ASPL....3..365N Page 365 1941ASPL....3..365N Nicholson S. B. Leaflet of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1941 3 147 365 Orbit and classification Gaussia is a background asteroid that does not belong to any known asteroid family. It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.8–3.6 AU once every 5 years and 9 months (2,100 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.13 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic. The asteroid was first identified as A907 XC at Taunton Observatory (803) in December 1907. The body's observation arc begins at UNSO in January 1908, more than 15 years prior to its official discovery observation at Simeiz. Physical characteristics In the Tholen classification, Gaussia has an ambiguous spectral type. Its type is closest to the primitive P-type asteroids, followed by the common carbonaceous C-type asteroids. Rotation period In November 2005, a rotational lightcurve of Gaussia was obtained from photometric observations. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 20.99 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.11 magnitude (U=3).lcdb-Aznar 2016a Lower-rated lightcurves with a divergent period of 4.08 and 9.17 hours were previously obtained in 2005 and 2009, respectively (U=1/2-). Diameter and albedo According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Gaussia measures between 67.80 and 80.07 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.036 and 0.05. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0417 and a diameter of 74.71 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 9.7. Naming This minor planet was named by Swedish astronomer Bror Ansgar Asplind after Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), German mathematician and director of the Göttingen Observatory (528), who also rediscovered Ceres using a new orbital computing method by Franz Xaver von Zach. The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 96). He is also honored by the lunar crater Gauss. 1001 Gaussia was named as part of trio honoring the events surrounding the discovery of Ceres in 1801. 1941ASPL....3..365N The Countless Asteroids Nicholson S. B. Leaflet of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 3 147 365 1941 Carl Friedrich Gauss who computed the orbit of Ceres was for 1001 Gaussia, 1000 Piazzia for Giuseppe Piazzi and 1002 Olbersia for Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers. Olbers recovered Ceres after it has passed behind the Sun and returned. In the next few years only three more astronomical bodies were found between Mars and Jupiter, Pallas, Juno, and 4 Vesta, however it would be 37 years before another asteroid was found, 5 Astraea in 1845. Notes lcdb-Aznar 2016a Aznar (2016a): Observation 2015-11-22. Rotation period 20.99 0.01 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.11 0.01 mag. Quality Code of 3. Summary figures for (1001) Gaussia at Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) See also List of minor planets: 1–1000 List of minor planets: 1001–2000 References 30em 2017-05-01 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1001 Gaussia (1923 OA) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001001 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 5 September 2017 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1001) Gaussia Schmadel Lutz D. (1001) Gaussia Springer Berlin Heidelberg 87 2007 978-3-540-00238-3 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1002 1001 Gaussia (1923 OA) Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1001 5 September 2017 Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1001) Gaussia Behrend Raoul Geneva Observatory http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page3cou.html#001001 5 September 2017 3 December 2002 https://web.archive.org/web/20021203214643/http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page3cou.html#001001 dead 6 Joseph R. Masiero T. Grav A. K. Mainzer C. R. Nugent J. M. Bauer R. Stevenson S. Sonnett August 2014 Main-belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE: Near-infrared Albedos The Astrophysical Journal 791 2 11 2014ApJ...791..121M 10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121 1406.6645 119293330 1001 5 September 2017 6 Joseph R. Masiero A. K. Mainzer T. Grav J. M. Bauer R. M. Cutri C. Nugent M. S. Cabrera November 2012 Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids The Astrophysical Journal Letters 759 1 5 2012ApJ...759L...8M 10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8 1209.5794 46350317 6 C. R. Nugent A. Mainzer J. Masiero J. Bauer R. M. Cutri T. Grav E. Kramer S. Sonnett R. Stevenson E. L. Wright December 2015 NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year One: Preliminary Asteroid Diameters and Albedos The Astrophysical Journal 814 2 13 2015ApJ...814..117N 10.1088/0004-637X/814/2/117 1509.02522 9341381 6 C. R. Nugent A. Mainzer J. Bauer R. M. Cutri E. A. Kramer T. Grav J. Masiero S. Sonnett E. L. 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Watkins W. Mo C. Maleszewski November 2011 NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results The Astrophysical Journal 741 2 25 2011ApJ...741...90M 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90 1109.6407 118700974 Dimitrij Bonzo Albino Carbognani July 2010 Lightcurves and Periods for Asteriods [sic] 1001 Gaussia, 1060 Magnolia, 1750 Eckert, 2888 Hodgson, and 3534 Sax The Minor Planet Bulletin 37 3 93–95 1052-8091 2010MPBu...37...93B 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 Icarus 261 34–47 2015Icar..261...34V 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007 1506.00762 53493339 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/20160729213840/http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html 29 July 2016 – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center 1001 1000 Piazzia 1001 1002 Olbersia 001001 Category:Discoveries by Sergei Belyavsky Category:Named minor planets 1001 Gaussia 001001 19230808