776 Berbericia
776 Berbericia
| Name | |
|---|---|
| Name | Berbericia |
| Designation | 1914 TY |
| Discovery | |
| Discoverer | A. Massinger |
| Discovery date | January 24, 1914 |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Orbital elements | |
| Epoch May 12, 1998 (JDCT 2450945.5) | |
| Eccentricity (e) | 0.163 |
| Semimajor axis (a) | 2.932 AU |
| Perihelion (q) | 2.456 AU |
| Aphelion (Q) | 3.409 AU |
| Orbital period (P) | 5.022 a |
| Inclination (i) | 18.206° |
| Longitude of the ascending node (Ω) | 80.132° |
| Argument of Perihelion (ω) | 304.840° |
| Mean anomaly (M) | 12.648° |
776 Berbericia is a minor planet orbiting the Sun in the asteroid belt. This main-belt asteroid was found by A. Massinger at Heidelberg January 24, 1914. It was named in honor of Adolf Berberich (1861-1920), a German astronomer.[1][2]
In the late 1990s, a network of astronomers worldwide gathered lightcurve data that was mostly used to conclude the spin states and shape models of 10 new asteroids, including (776) Berbericia.[3][4]
Richard P. Binzel and Schelte Bus added more to the knowledge about this asteroid in a lightwave survey published in 2003. This project was known as Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II or SMASSII, which built on a previous survey of the main-belt asteroids. The visible-wavelength (0.435-0.925 micron) spectra data was gathered between August 1993 and March 1999.[5]
References
- ↑ http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi#top
- ↑ Schmadel Lutz D. Dictionary of minor planet Names (fifth edition), Springer, 2003. ISBN 3540002383.
- ↑ Durech., J.; Kaasalainen, M., Marciniak, A.; et al., “Physical models of ten asteroids from an observers' collaboration network,” Astronomy and Astrophysics , Volume 465, Issue 1, April I 2007, pp. 331-337
- ↑ Durech, J.; Kaasalainen, M.; Marciniak, A.; Allen, W. H. et al. “Asteroid brightness and geometry,” Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 465, Issue 1, April I 2007, pp. 331-337.
- ↑ Bus, S., Binzel, R. P. Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey, Phase II. EAR-A-I0028-4-SBN0001/SMASSII-V1.0. NASA Planetary Data System, 2003.
