171 Ophelia is a large, dark Themistian asteroid[5] that was discovered by French astronomer Alphonse Borrelly on 13 January 1877, and named after Ophelia in Shakespeare's Hamlet.[6]
 3D convex shape model of 171 Ophelia | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Borrelly |
| Discovery date | 13 January 1877 |
| Designations | |
| (171) Ophelia | |
| Pronunciation | /oʊˈfiːliə/[1] |
| A877 AB | |
| Main belt (Themis) | |
| Adjectives | Ophelian /ɒˈfiːliən/[2] |
| Orbital characteristics[3] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 122.15 yr (44615 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.5476 AU (530.71 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.7175 AU (406.53 Gm) |
| 3.1326 AU (468.63 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.13249 |
| 5.54 yr (2025.1 d) | |
| 11.164° | |
| 0° 10m 39.972s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.5461° |
| 100.52° | |
| 56.849° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 130.808±1.483 km[3] | |
| Mass | (1.064 ± 0.535/0.351)×1018 kg[4] |
Mean density | 1.755 ± 0.883/0.579 g/cm3[4][a] |
| 6.66535 h (0.277723 d) | |
| 0.0615±0.004 | |
| C | |
| 8.31 | |
This asteroid is a member of the Themis family of asteroids that share similar orbital elements.[7] It probably has a primitive composition, similar to that of the carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.
A 1979 study of the Algol-like light curve produced by this asteroid concluded that it was possible to model the brightness variation by assuming a binary system with a circular orbit, a period of 13.146 hours, and an inclination of 15° to the line of sight from the Earth.[8] Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Leura Observatory in Leura, Australia during 2006 gave a rotation period of 6.6666 ± 0.0002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.50 ± 0.02 in magnitude. This is in agreement with previous studies.[9]
Notes
edit- ^ Assuming a diameter of 105.01 ± 3.54 km.
References
edit- ^ Benjamin Smith (1903) The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- ^ "Ophelian". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- ^ a b Yeomans, Donald K., "171 Ophelia", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ a b Fienga, A.; Avdellidou, C.; Hanuš, J. (February 2020). "Asteroid masses obtained with INPOP planetary ephemerides". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492 (1). doi:10.1093/mnras/stz3407.
- ^ Florczak, M.; et al. (February 1999). "A spectroscopic study of the THEMIS family". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement. 134 (3): 463–471. Bibcode:1999A&AS..134..463F. doi:10.1051/aas:1999150.
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 30. ISBN 9783540002383. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
- ^ Moore, Patrick; Rees, Robin, eds. (2011), Patrick Moore's Data Book of Astronomy (2nd ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 165, ISBN 9781139495226.
- ^ Wijesinghe, M. P.; Tedesco, E. F. (December 1979), "A test of plausibility of eclipsing binary asteroids", Icarus, 40 (3): 383–393, Bibcode:1979Icar...40..383W, doi:10.1016/0019-1035(79)90031-9.
- ^ Oey, Julian (December 2006), "Lightcurves analysis of 10 asteroids from Leura Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 33 (4): 96–99, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...96O.
External links
edit- 171 Ophelia at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 171 Ophelia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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