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1299 Mertona - Wikipedia

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1299 Mertona
Discovery^[1]
Modelled shape of Mertona, from its lightcurve
Discovered by	G. Reiss
Discovery site	Algiers Obs.
Discovery date	18 January 1934
Designations
MPC designation	(1299) Mertona
Named after	Gerald Merton (English astronomer)^[2]
Alternative designations	1934 BA
Minor planet category	main-belt^[1]^[3] · (middle) background^[4]^[5]
Orbital characteristics^[3]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	82.85 yr (30,260 days)
Aphelion	3.3325 AU
Perihelion	2.2706 AU
Semi-major axis	2.8016 AU
Eccentricity	0.1895
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.69 yr (1,713 days)
Mean anomaly	328.61°
Mean motion	0° 12^m 36.72^s / day
Inclination	7.8754°
Longitude of ascending node	165.61°
Argument of perihelion	260.44°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	14.140±0.322 km^[6] 14.90±1.23 km^[7]
Synodic rotation period	4.977±0.003 h^[8]
Pole ecliptic latitude	(73.0°, 35.0°) (λ₁/β₁)^[5]
Geometric albedo	0.219±0.038^[7] 0.243±0.033^[6]
Spectral type	unknown
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.277±0.002 (R)^[9] · 11.4^[10]^[7] · 11.5^[3]^[11]

1299 Mertona (prov. designation: 1934 BA) is a bright background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 18 January 1934, by French astronomer Guy Reiss at Algiers Observatory, Algeria, in northern Africa.^[1] The likely stony asteroid with an unknown spectral type has a rotation period of 5.0 hours and measures approximately 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) in diameter. It was named after English astronomer Gerald Merton.^[2]

Orbit and classification

Mertona is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements.^[4]^[5] It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.3–3.3 AU once every 4 years and 8 months (1,713 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.19 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the ecliptic.^[3] As neither precoveries nor prior identifications were obtained, Mertona's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Algiers.^[1]

Naming

This minor planet was named after English astronomer Gerald Merton (1893–1983),^[2] who was president of the British Astronomical Association between 1950 and 1952.^[12] The naming was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 119).^[2]

Physical characteristics

Rotation period

Several rotational lightcurves of Mertona were obtained during 2003–2016. Photometric observations were taken by astronomers Andy Monson and Steven Kipp (4.977±0.003 hours; Δ0.55 mag; U=3) in November 2003,^[8] by French amateur astronomer René Roy (4.981±0.002 hours; Δ0.46 mag; U=3) in March 2005,^[13] by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory (4.9787±0.0013 hours, Δ0.48 mag, U=2) in August 2012,^[9] and by Daniel Klinglesmith (4.978±0.002 hours, Δ0.59 mag, U=3) at Etscorn Observatory (719) in Socorro, New Mexico.^[14] In addition, a 2016-published lightcurve, modelling data from the Lowell photometric database, gave a concurring period of 4.97691±0.00001 hours and a spin axis of (73.0°, 35.0°) in ecliptic coordinates (U=n.a.).^[15]

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Mertona measures between 14.14 and 14.90 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo between 0.219 and 0.243.^[6]^[7] Although such a high albedo is typical for stony asteroids, the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.057, which it uses as the generic albedo for all carbonaceous C-type asteroids. It therefore calculates a larger diameter of 27.90 kilometers (as the lower the albedo or reflectivity, the larger a body's diameter at an unchanged absolute magnitude or brightness).^[11] Carbonaceous asteroids are the predominant type in the outer main-belt, while stony asteroids are mostly found in the inner regions of the asteroid belt.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "1299 Mertona (1934 BA)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1299) Mertona". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 107. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1300. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1299 Mertona (1934 BA)" (2016-11-23 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Asteroid 1299 Mertona – Proper Elements". AstDyS-2, Asteroids – Dynamic Site. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Asteroid 1299 Mertona". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mainzer, A. K.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Grav, T.; Kramer, E. A.; Masiero, J. R.; et al. (June 2016). "NEOWISE Diameters and Albedos V1.0". NASA Planetary Data System. Bibcode:2016PDSS..247.....M. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; Ootsubo, Takafumi; et al. (October 2011). "Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 63 (5): 1117–1138. Bibcode:2011PASJ...63.1117U. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. (online, AcuA catalog p. 153)
^ ^a ^b Monson, Andy; Kipp, Steven (December 2004). "Corrigendum: Rotational periods of asteroids 1165 Imprinetta, 1299 Mertona 1645 Waterfield, 1833 Shmakova, 2313 Aruna, and (13856) 1999 XZ105" (PDF). Minor Planet Bulletin. 31 (4): 97. Bibcode:2004MPBu...31...97M. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b Waszczak, Adam; Chang, Chan-Kao; Ofek, Eran O.; Laher, Russ; Masci, Frank; Levitan, David; et al. (September 2015). "Asteroid Light Curves from the Palomar Transient Factory Survey: Rotation Periods and Phase Functions from Sparse Photometry". The Astronomical Journal. 150 (3): 35. arXiv:1504.04041. Bibcode:2015AJ....150...75W. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/150/3/75. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ 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:1109.6407. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90.
^ ^a ^b "LCDB Data for (1299) Mertona". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ British Astronomical Association List of Members, 1969 April 30, London: British Astronomical Association, 1969, p. 116
^ Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1299) Mertona". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ Klinglesmith, Daniel A. III; Hanowell, Jesse; Risley, Ethan; Turk, Janek; Vargas, Angelica; Warren, Curtis Alan (July 2014). "Lightcurves for Inversion Model Candidates" (PDF). Minor Planet Bulletin. 41 (3): 139–143. Bibcode:2014MPBu...41..139K. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
^ Ďurech, J.; Hanuš, J.; Oszkiewicz, D.; Vančo, R. (March 2016). "Asteroid models from the Lowell photometric database". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 587: A48. arXiv:1601.02909. Bibcode:2016A&A...587A..48D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527573. ISSN 0004-6361.

External links

Lightcurve Database Query (LCDB), at www.minorplanet.info
Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Geneva Observatory, Raoul Behrend
Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
1299 Mertona at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
1299 Mertona at the JPL Small-Body Database
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