84882 Table Mountain (provisional designation 2003 CN16) is a bright background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 1 February 2003, by American astronomer James Whitney Young at the Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California.[1] The S/Q-type asteroid was later named after the discovering observatory.[2]
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. W. Young |
| Discovery site | Table Mountain Obs. |
| Discovery date | 1 February 2003 |
| Designations | |
| (84882) Table Mountain | |
Named after | Table Mountain Observatory [2] (discovering observatory) |
| 2003 CN16 · 1997 UB9 | |
| main-belt [1][3] · (middle) background [4][5] | |
| Orbital characteristics [3] | |
| Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 20.71 yr (7,565 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.4081 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.8620 AU |
| 2.6351 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2934 |
| 4.28 yr (1,562 d) | |
| 10.961° | |
| 0° 13m 49.44s / day | |
| Inclination | 13.857° |
| 20.490° | |
| 349.84° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 3.023±3.023 km[4][6] 3.027±0.563 km[4][7] | |
| 0.279±0.146[7] 0.306±0.075[6] | |
| S/Q (SDSS-MOC)[8] | |
| 14.6[1][3] | |
Orbit and classification
editTable Mountain is a non-family from the main belt's background population.[4][5] It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 1.9–3.4 AU once every 4 years and 3 months (1,562 days; semi-major axis of 2.64 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.29 and an inclination of 14° with respect to the ecliptic.[3] It was first observed as 1997 UB9 at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site in October 1997, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 6 years prior to its official discovery observation at Table Mountain.[1]
Naming
editThis minor planet was named for the Table Mountain Observatory, the discoverer's workplace, currently a NASA facility operated by the California Institute of Technology's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which began operation as a Smithsonian Institution site in 1924 to study the solar constant. In the late 1950s, the site was used to test the first solar panels and is now dedicated to optical astronomy and to study Earth's atmosphere.[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 October 2004 (M.P.C. 52955).[9]
Physical characteristics
editIn the SDSS-based taxonomy, Table Mountain has been characterized as both S-type and Q-type asteroid.[8]
Diameter and albedo
editAccording to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Table Mountain measures 3.0 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a high albedo between 0.28 and 0.31.[6][7] As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of Table Mountain has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.[3][10]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "84882 Table Mountain (2003 CN16)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ a b c Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(84882) Table Mountain [2.63, 0.29, 13.9]". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (84882) Table Mountain, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 234. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_2786. ISBN 978-3-540-34361-5.
- ^ a b c d e "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 84882 Table Mountain (2003 CN16)" (2018-07-16 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Asteroid 84882 Table Mountain". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Asteroid (84882) Table Mountain". AstDyS-2, Asteroids – Dynamic Site. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ a b c Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Dailey, J.; et al. (November 2011). "Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 20. arXiv:1109.4096. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...68M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ^ a b c Nugent, C. R.; Mainzer, A.; Masiero, J.; Bauer, J.; Cutri, R. M.; Grav, T.; et al. (December 2015). "NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year One: Preliminary Asteroid Diameters and Albedos". The Astrophysical Journal. 814 (2): 13. arXiv:1509.02522. Bibcode:2015ApJ...814..117N. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/814/2/117.
- ^ a b Carvano, J. M.; Hasselmann, P. H.; Lazzaro, D.; Mothé-Diniz, T. (February 2010). "SDSS-based taxonomic classification and orbital distribution of main belt asteroids". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 510: 12. Bibcode:2010A&A...510A..43C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913322. Retrieved 30 October 2019. (PDS data set)
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ "LCDB Data for (84882) Table Mountain". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 28 June 2017.
External links
edit- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (80001)-(85000) – Minor Planet Center
- 84882 Table Mountain at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 84882 Table Mountain at the JPL Small-Body Database
