1897 Hind

1897 Hind
Discovery [1]
Discovered by L. Kohoutek
Discovery site Bergedorf Obs.
Discovery date 26 October 1971
Designations
MPC designation 1897 Hind
Named after
 John Russell Hind
(astronomer)[2]
1971 UE1 · 1957 SG
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 60.41 yr (22,064 days)
Aphelion 2.6093 AU
Perihelion 1.9570 AU
2.2831 AU
Eccentricity 0.1429
3.45 yr (1,260 days)
41.070°
0° 17m 8.52s / day
Inclination 4.0543°
63.423°
269.12°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 5.007±0.103 km[4]
5.67 km (calculated)[3]
0.82±0.01 h[5]
2.6336±0.0001 h[6]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
0.3075±0.0240[4]
S [3]
13.4[1][3][4]
13.81±0.72[7]


    1897 Hind, provisional designation 1971 UE1, is a Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 26 October 1971, by Czech astronomer Luboš Kohoutek at Bergedorf Observatory in Hamburg, Germany.[8]

    The S-type asteroid is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest groups of stony asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,260 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.14 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The first precovery was taken at Palomar Observatory in 1956, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 15 years prior to its discovery.[8]

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid measures 5.0 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.307,[4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora, the family's largest member and namesake – and calculates a diameter of 5.7 kilometers, based on an absolute magnitude of 13.4.[3]

    In July 2005, Hind had originally been identified as a relatively fast rotator, as photometric observations by astronomers Reiner Stoss, Jaime Nomen, Salvador Sanchez and Raoul Behrend gave a rotation period of 0.82±0.01 hours, or less than 50 minutes (U=1).[5] However, the light-curve was only fragmentary. In August 2012, it was superseded with more accurate observation at the Australian Riverland Dingo Observatory that gave a slower period of 2.6336±0.0001 hours with a brightness variation of 0.09 in magnitude (U=2).[6]

    The minor planet was named after English astronomer John Russell Hind (1823–1895), discoverer of ten minor planets including 7 Iris and 8 Flora, the namesake of the family the asteroid belongs to. Hind worked for many years at George Bishop's Observatory near London where he made his discoveries. He was also superintendent of the British Nautical Almanac Office in the second half of the 19th century.[2] Naming citation was published before November 1977 (M.P.C. 3827).[9]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1897 Hind (1971 UE1)" (2016-08-12 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1897) Hind. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 152. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (1897) Hind". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 23 August 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 4 Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; Tholen, D.; et al. (November 2011). "NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results" (PDF). The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 25. arXiv:1109.6407Freely accessible. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
    5. 1 2 Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1897) Hind". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
    6. 1 2 Hills, Kevin (January 2013). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at Riverland Dingo Observatory (RDO): 501 Urhixidur, 1897 Hind, 1928 Summa, 6261 Chione, and (68216) 2001 CV 26.". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 40 (1): 12–13. Bibcode:2013MPBu...40...12H. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
    7. ↑ Veres, Peter; Jedicke, Robert; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Denneau, Larry; Granvik, Mikael; Bolin, Bryce; et al. (November 2015). "Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results". Icarus. 261: 34–47. arXiv:1506.00762Freely accessible. Bibcode:2015Icar..261...34V. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
    8. 1 2 "1897 Hind (1971 UE1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
    9. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 23 August 2016.

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