1451 Granö
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1451 Granö, provisional designation Template:Mp, is a stony Florian asteroid and slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 6.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 February 1938, by Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä at Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland, and later named for Johannes Gabriel Granö, rector of the University of Turku.[1]
Orbit and classification
The asteroid is a member of the Flora family, a large group of stony S-type asteroids in the main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.9–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,194 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.12 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[2] As no precoveries were taken, and no previous identifications were made, GranöTemplate:'s observation arc begins with its official discovery observation in 1938.[1]
Physical characteristics
Slow rotator
A rotational lightcurve of Granö was obtained from photometric observations made by amateur astronomer Robert Stephens at GMARS and Santana Observatories in March 2010. Analysis gave a long rotation period of 138 hours with a brightness variation of 0.65 magnitude (U=2+Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).[3] This makes Granö a slow rotating asteroid. The result supersedes a previous period of 5.1 hours from May 2007 (U=2-Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).Template:Efn
Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Granö measures between 6.17 and 9.70 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo between 0.171 and 0.429.[4][5][6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 6.81 kilometers using an absolute magnitude of 13.2.[7]
Naming
This minor planet was named after Johannes Gabriel Granö (1882−1956), Finnish professor of geography and rector at University of Turku from 1932 to 1934.[8] The official Template:MoMP was published by the Minor Planet Center on 30 January 1964 (M.P.C. 2277Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).[9]
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External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Template:Webarchive)
- 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
- Template:AstDys
- Template:PAGENAMEBASE at the JPL Small-Body DatabaseTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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