995 Sternberga

995 Sternberga
Discovery
Discovered byS. Beljavskij
Discovery siteSimeis
Discovery date8 June 1923
Designations
1923 NP
Orbital characteristics
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc112.34 yr (41031 days)
Aphelion3.0547 AU (456.98 Gm)
Perihelion2.1748 AU (325.35 Gm)
2.6148 AU (391.17 Gm)
Eccentricity0.16825
4.23 yr (1544.4 d)
306.02°
0° 13m 59.196s / day
Inclination13.054°
221.747°
122.464°
Physical characteristics
25.5+1.1
−1.4
 km

(pole solution 1)
25.2+1.1
−0.9
 km

(pole solution 2)
11.19511±0.00012 h
(pole solution 1)
11.19512±0.00008 h
(pole solution 2)
27° ± 3° or 222° ± 4°
−20° ± 6° or −26° ± 5°
0.22+0.03
−0.04

(pole solution 1)
0.226+0.005
−0.032

(pole solution 2)
10.2

995 Sternberga is a main-belt asteroid discovered in 1923 by Sergei Belyavsky at Simeiz Observatory. It was named after Russian astronomer Pavel Shternberg.

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2004 show a rotation period of 15.26 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.15 ± 0.03 magnitude.

References

  1. ↑ "995 Sternberga (1923 NP)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Marciniak, A.; Ďurech, J.; Alí-Lagoa, V.; Ogłoza, W.; Szakáts, R.; Müller, T. G.; Molnár, L.; Pál, A.; Monteiro, F.; Arcoverde, P.; Behrend, R.; Benkhaldoun, Z.; Bernasconi, L.; Bosch, J.; Brincat, S.; et al. (October 2021). "Properties of slowly rotating asteroids from the Convex Inversion Thermophysical Model". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 654: A87. arXiv:2109.00463. Bibcode:2021A&A...654A..87M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202140991. ISSN 0004-6361. S2CID 237372449.
  3. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2012), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names (6th ed.), Springer, p. 85, ISBN 3642297188.
  4. ↑ Stephens, Robert D. (June 2005), "Rotational periods of 743 Eugenisis, 995 Sternberga, 1185 Nikko 2892 Filipenko, 3144 Brosche, and 3220 Murayama", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 32 (2): 27–28, Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...27S.