17683 Kanagawa

17683 Kanagawa
Discovery [1]
Discovered by A. Asami
Discovery site Hadano Obs. (355)
Discovery date 10 January 1997
Designations
MPC designation 17683 Kanagawa
Named after
 Kanagawa Prefecture
(of Japan)[2]
1997 AR16 · 1999 RE21
main-belt · (outer) [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 19.83 yr (7,244 days)
Aphelion 3.4560 AU
Perihelion 2.5109 AU
2.9835 AU
Eccentricity 0.1584
5.15 yr (1,882 days)
293.76°
0° 11m 28.68s / day
Inclination 18.298°
358.73°
194.70°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 16.82±0.30 km[4]
18.84±0.36 km[5]
22.08±2.1 km (IRAS:2)[1]
22.10 km (derived)[3]
5.895±0.004 h[6]
0.0302±0.007 (IRAS:2)[1]
0.0330 (derived)[3]
0.043±0.002[5]
0.062±0.013[4]
C [3]
12.7[1][5] · 12.6[3]
13.59±0.96[7] · 12.50[4]

    17683 Kanagawa, provisional designation 1997 AR16, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 January 1997, by Japanese astronomer Atsuo Asami at the Hadano Astronomical Observatory (355), located 60 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, Japan.[8]

    The C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.5–3.5 AU once every 5 years and 2 months (1,882 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 18° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] No precoveries were taken prior to its discovery.[8]

    In October 2009, a rotational light-curve was obtained at the Wise Observatory in Israel. The photometric observations rendered a well-defined rotation period of 5.895±0.004 hours with a brightness variation of 0.4 in magnitude (U=3).[6] According to the space-based surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite, and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, the asteroid has a low albedo between 0.030 and 0.062, and a diameter of 16.8 to 22.1 kilometers.[1][4][5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link agrees with the results obtained by IRAS and derives an albedo of 0.033 with a diameter of 22.1 kilometers.[3]

    The minor planet is named after the Japanese Kanagawa Prefecture, in which the city of Hadano with its discovering observatory is located. Also located in the east of Kanagawa Prefecture, are the industrial cities of Yokohama and Kawasaki, the second and ninth biggest city of the country, respectively, and vital centers of Japan's economy. The discoverer, Atsuo Asami, graduated at Kanagawa University.[2] Naming citation was published on 9 March 2001 (M.P.C. 42365).[9]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 17683 Kanagawa (1997 AR16)" (2016-11-10 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (17683) Kanagawa. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 848. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "LCDB Data for (17683) Kanagawa". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 17 May 2016.
    4. 1 2 3 4 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; et al. (November 2012). "Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 759 (1): 5. arXiv:1209.5794Freely accessible. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759L...8M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
    5. 1 2 3 4 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. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
    6. 1 2 Polishook, David (April 2010). "Lightcurves and Spin Periods from the Wise Observatory - 2009". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 37 (2): 65–69. Bibcode:2010MPBu...37...65P. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 17 May 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 17 May 2016.
    8. 1 2 "17683 Kanagawa (1997 AR16)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
    9. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

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