5535 Annefrank
5535 Annefrank viewed by Stardust in 2002
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| Discovery [1] | |
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| Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 23 March 1942 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5535 Annefrank |
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Named after
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Anne Frank[2] |
| 1942 EM · 1978 EK6 1986 TV14 · 1991 BO2 |
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| main-belt · Augusta family | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 73.17 yr (26,726 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.3532 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0718 AU |
| 2.2125 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0635 |
| 3.29 yr (1202.1 days) | |
| 143.73° | |
| Inclination | 4.2474° |
| 120.64° | |
| 8.8520° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.0874 AU |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 4.8 km (6.6 x 5.0 x 3.4 km) |
| 15.12 h | |
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Sidereal rotation period
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Multiple possible values[3] |
| 0.18–0.24[4] | |
| S[4] | |
| 13.7 | |
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5535 Annefrank /ˌæn ˈfræŋk/ is an inner main-belt asteroid, and member of the Augusta family. It was discovered by Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg State Observatory in 1942. In 1995 it was named after Anne Frank, the Dutch-Jewish diarist who died in a concentration camp. The asteroid was used as a target to practice the flyby technique that the Stardust space probe would later use on the comet Wild 2.[4]
Orbit
Annefrank orbits among the main-belt asteroids, with its shortest axis aligned roughly normal to its orbital plane.[4]
Physical characteristics
On November 2, 2002, the Stardust space probe flew past Annefrank at a distance of 3079 km. Its images show the asteroid to be 6.6 × 5.0 × 3.4 km, twice as big as previously thought, shaped like a triangular prism, with several visible impact craters.[4] From the photographs, the albedo of Annefrank was computed to be between 0.18 and 0.24.[4] Preliminary analysis of the Stardust imagery suggests that Annefrank may be a contact binary, although other possible explanations exist for its observed shape.[4]
Later ground based lightcurve data was used in an attempt to measure Annefrank's rotational period. Their data resulted in possible rotational periods of 0.5, 0.63 or 0.95 days, with 0.63 days fitting the data best.[3] The lightcurve data also suggests that the asteroid is not Lambertian, meaning that surface features, such as shadows from boulders and craters, play a role in the object's perceived brightness and not just the asteroid's relative size when seen from that orientation.
References
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- A page with images from the Stardust flyby
- Ted Stryk's Stardust page, including enhanced images of 5535 Annefrank
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