1205 Ebella

Main-belt asteroid the electric car Toyota Urban Cruiser Ebella October 2019 yes 1205 Ebella #D6D6D6 6 October 1931 K. Reinmuth Heidelberg Obs. (1205) Ebella 1931 TB 11970 JT Martin Ebell(German astronomer) main-belt(middle) 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) 0 85.48 yr (31,221 days) 3.2287 AU 1.8411 AU 2.5349 AU 0.2737 4.04 yr (1,474 days) 103.87° 0.2442 ms / day 8.8616° 23.083° 349.24° 5.474 0.283 km6.0 km (est. at 0.20) 0.214 0.026 13.5 1205 Ebella (provisional designation 1931 TB 1) is a relatively eccentric asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory on 6 October 1931. The asteroid was named after German astronomer Martin Ebell. Orbit and classification Ebella orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 1.8–3.2 AU once every 4.04 years (1,474 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.27 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic. As no precoveries were taken and no prior identifications were made, the asteroid's observation arc begins at Heidelberg with its official discovery observation. Physical characteristics Diameter and albedo According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Ebella measures 5.474 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.214, which is typical for stony S-type asteroids. Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, it measures 6.0 kilometers in diameter using an absolute magnitude of 13.50 with an assumed albedo of 0.20. Lightcurve As of 2017, no rotational lightcurve of Ebella has been obtained from photometric observations. The asteroid's rotation period, poles and shape still remain unknown. Naming This minor planet was named after Carl Wilhelm Ludwig Martin Ebell (1871–1944) an astronomer from Neuruppin, Germany, who was on the editorial team of the renowned astronomical journal Astronomische Nachrichten. The official naming citation was published by Paul Herget in The Names of the Minor Planets in 1955 (H 112). References 30em 2017-03-29 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1205 Ebella (1931 TB1) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001205 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 5 August 2017 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1205) Ebella Schmadel Lutz D. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 101 2007 978-3-540-00238-3 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1206 (1205) Ebella 1205 Ebella (1931 TB1) Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1205 5 August 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 5 August 2017 Asteroid Size Estimator CNEOS/JPL https://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/ast_size_est.html 5 August 2017 1205 5 August 2017 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 1205 1204 Renzia 1205 1206 Numerowia 001205 Category:Discoveries by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth Category:Named minor planets 19311006