3045 Alois
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | J. Wagner |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Station |
| Discovery date | 8 January 1984 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3045 Alois |
|
Named after
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Alois T. Stuczynski (discoverer's family)[2] |
| 1984 AW · 1954 QD 1965 QD · 1971 SB3 1982 SY3 |
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| main-belt · (outer) [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 64.74 yr (23,647 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.4855 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.7787 AU |
| 3.1321 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1128 |
| 5.54 yr (2,025 days) | |
| 338.20° | |
| Inclination | 3.3431° |
| 36.209° | |
| 331.11° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 23.51±1.58 km[4] 27.49±0.20 km[5] 26.64 km (calculated)[3] |
| 3.753 h[3] 3.7533±0.0058 h[6] |
|
| 0.095±0.015[4] 0.059±0.009[5] 0.057 (assumed)[3] |
|
| C [3] | |
| 11.6[1] | |
3045 Alois, provisional designation 1984 AW, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 27 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by the astronomer J. F. Wagner at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station in Flagstaff, Arizona, on 8 January 1984.[7]
The C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.8–3.5 AU once every 5 years and 6 months (2,025 days). Its orbit is tilted by 3 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic and shows an eccentricity of 0.11. It has a rotation period of 3.753 hours[6] and an albedo of 0.06 and 0.10, as determined by the space-based Akari and WISE surveys, respectively.[4][5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link also assumes an albedo of 0.06, preferring the data collected by the WISE mission over the one from Akari.[3]
The minor planet was named by the discoverer in memory of his grandfather, Alois T. Stuczynski.[2]
References
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External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 3045 Alois at the JPL Small-Body Database
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