1582 Martir
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. Itzigsohn |
| Discovery site | La Plata |
| Discovery date | 15 June 1950 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1582 |
Named after | Eva Perón |
| 1950 LY | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 65.85 yr (24050 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.5632022 AU (533.04746 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.7515219 AU (411.62182 Gm) |
| 3.157362 AU (472.3346 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1285377 |
| 5.61 yr (2049.2 d) | |
| 319.15958° | |
| 0° 10m 32.441s / day | |
| Inclination | 11.60361° |
| 93.98234° | |
| 128.25837° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.75951 AU (263.219 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.53098 AU (229.031 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.161 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 18.395 ± 1.3 km |
| 9.84 h (0.410 d) | |
| 0.0570 ± 0.009 | |
| 11.3 | |
|
| |
1582 Martir (1950 LY) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 15, 1950, by Miguel Itzigsohn at La Plata.[1] at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory in La Plata, Argentina. The object was named for Argentine first lady Eva Perón, and its name translates from Spanish to "martyr", a term sometimes given her alongside in relation to her work towards social justice.[2] The asteroids 1569 Evita, 1581 Abanderada, 1588 Descamisada and 1589 Fanatica were also discovered by Itzigsohn, and were also given names in tribute to Perón.
Photometric observations of the asteroid during 2005 at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, were used to generate a light curve with a period of 15.668 ± 0.004 hours and a variation in brightness of 0.36 ± 0.02 magnitude.[3]
References
- 1 2 "1582 Martir (1950 LY)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ↑ Barnes, John (1996). Evita, First Lady: a Biography of Eva Perón. Argentina: Grove Press. p. 165.
- ↑ Warner, Brian D. (September 2006), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - late 2005 and early 2006", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 33: 58–62, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...58W.
