1068 Nofretete

Main-belt asteroid 3199 Nefertiti October 2019 yes 1068 Nofretete #D6D6D6 E. Delporte Uccle Obs. 13 September 1926 (1068) Nofretete 1926 RK1929 CV n ɒ f r ə ˈ t iː t əpronunciation Nefertiti(Ancient Egyptian Queen) main-belt(outer)background 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) 0 88.73 yr (32,409 days) 3.1868 AU 2.6274 AU 2.9071 AU 0.0962 4.96 yr (1,810 days) 250.26° 0.1988 ms / day 5.4840° 318.69° 267.47° 21.346 0.106 km22.03 km (derived)23.186 0.116 km23.92 0.74 km26.73 0.45 km 6.15 h 0.104 0.0070.142 0.0250.1832 0.04000.20 (assumed) SB–V 0.850U–B 0.420 10.6010.6510.710.84 0.4711.20 1068 Nofretete (n ɒ f r ə ˈ t iː t əpronunciation), provisional designation 1926 RK, is a stony asteroid from the background population in the outer asteroid belt, approximately 23 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 13 September 1926, by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle. The asteroid was named after the Ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti by its German name "Nofretete". The near-Earth asteroid 3199 Nefertiti is also named after her. Orbit and classification Nofretete is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the outer asteroid belt at a distance of 2.6–3.2 AU once every 4 years and 12 months (1,810 days; semi-major axis of 2.91 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins at Uccle in September 1926, three nights after its official discovery observation. Physical characteristics Nofretete has been characterized as a stony S-type asteroid by American astronomer Richard Binzel. Rotation period In May 1984, a rotational lightcurve of Nofretete was obtained from photometric observations by Richard Binzel which gave a rotation period of 6.15 hours with a low brightness amplitude of 0.04 magnitude, indicative for a nearly spheroidal shape (U=2). Diameter and albedo According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Nofretete measures between 21.346 and 26.73 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.104 and 0.1832. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and derives a diameter of 22.03 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.65. Naming This minor planet was named by German astronomer Gustav Stracke after the Ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti (c.1370 – c.1330 BC) by its common German name "Nofretete".pronunciation She was the wife of pharaoh Akhenaten (a.k.a. Echnaton or Amenhotep IV), after whom the asteroid 4847 Amenhotep is named. The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 101). The near-Earth asteroid 3199 Nefertiti, discovered by American astronomers Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar, was also named after her. Notes pronunciation Pronunciation of "Nofretete" from Collins English Dictionary. The original naming in German is pronounced as nɔfʁəˈteːtə. References 30em 2017-10-30 last obs. JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1068 Nofretete (1926 RK) https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001068 Jet Propulsion Laboratory 7 December 2017 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1068) Nofretete Schmadel Lutz D. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 91 2007 978-3-540-00238-3 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1069 (1068) Nofretete 1068 Nofretete (1926 RK) Minor Planet Center https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1068 7 December 2017 6 Joseph R. Masiero T. Grav A. K. Mainzer C. 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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 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 https://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2012ApJ...759L...8M The Astrophysical Journal Letters 759 1 5 2012ApJ...759L...8M 10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8 1209.5794 7 December 2017 Binzel, R. P. October 1987 A photoelectric survey of 130 asteroids https://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=1987Icar...72..135B Icarus 72 1 135–208 0019-1035 1987Icar...72..135B 10.1016/0019-1035(87)90125-4 7 December 2017 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 https://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 7 December 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 – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center 1068 1067 Lunaria 1068 1069 Planckia 001068 Category:Discoveries by Eugène Joseph Delporte Category:Named minor planets 19260913