13070 Seanconnery

13070 Seanconnery
Discovery [1]
Discovered by E. W. Elst
Discovery site Haute-Provence Obs.
Discovery date 8 September 1991
Designations
MPC designation 13070 Seanconnery
Named after
 Sean Connery (actor)[2]
1991 RO2 · 1127 T-1
main-belt · (inner) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 45.10 yr (16,474 days)
Aphelion 3.1062 AU
Perihelion 1.7527 AU
2.4294 AU
Eccentricity 0.2786
3.79 yr (1,383 days)
272.52°
0° 15m 37.08s / day
Inclination 5.6222°
205.71°
131.69°
Earth MOID 0.7504 AU
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 1.764±0.130 km[4][5]
3.57 km (calculated)[3]
7.085±0.001 h[6]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
0.900±0.095[4][5]
S [3]
14.5[4] · 14.6[3] · 14.7[1] · 15.12±0.20[7]

    13070 Seanconnery, provisional designation 1991 RO2, is an eccentric stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 8 September 1991, by Belgian astronomer Eric Elst at Haute-Provence Observatory, St. Michael, in southeast France.[8]

    The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.8–3.1 AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,383 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.28 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The first precovery was taken at Palomar Observatory in 1971, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 20 years prior to its discovery.[8]

    In August 2006, a rotational light-curve for this asteroid was obtained from photometric observations made at the Hunters Hill Observatory (E14) in Ngunnawal, Australia. The light-curve gave a well-defined rotation period of 7.085±0.001 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.18 in magnitude (U=3-).[6] According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid has an outstandingly high albedo of 0.90 and a diameter of 1.8 kilometers.[4][5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter 3.6 kilometers, as the lower the albedo (reflectivity), the larger the asteroid's diameter, at a constant absolute magnitude (brightness).[3]

    The minor planet was named for celebrated Scottish actor and Academy Award winner Sean Connery (b. 1930), famous for portraying the character James Bond – after which the minor planet 9007 James Bond is named, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. With this minor planet, he is especially honored by the discoverer for his performance as the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville in The Name of the Rose.[2] Naming citation was published on 9 March 2001 (M.P.C. 42362).[9]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 13070 Seanconnery (1991 RO2)" (2016-04-30 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (13070) Seanconnery. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 792. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (13070) Seanconnery". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 26 April 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". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 25. arXiv:1109.6407Freely accessible. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
    5. 1 2 3 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:1109.4096Freely accessible. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...68M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
    6. 1 2 Higgins, David; Goncalves, Rui M. D. (March 2007). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at Hunters Hill Observatory and Collaborating Stations - June-September 2006". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 34 (1): 16–18. Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...16H. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 20 January 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 26 April 2016.
    8. 1 2 "13070 Seanconnery (1991 RO2)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
    9. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 26 April 2016.

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