5905 Johnson

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5905 Johnson, provisional designation Template:Mp, is a Hungaria asteroid and synchronous binary systemTemplate:Efn from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter. It was discovered on 11 February 1989, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at Palomar Observatory in California, United States.[1] Its satellite measures approximately Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter and orbits its primary every 21.8 hours.[2] It was named after American astronomer and engineer Lindley N. Johnson.[3]

Classification and orbit

Johnson is a stony S-type asteroid and member of the dynamical Hungaria group, which forms the innermost dense concentration of asteroids in the Solar System.[1][4] It is, however, not a member of collisional Hungaria family, but a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements.[5]

It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 1.8–2.0 AU once every 2 years and 8 months (964 days; semi-major axis of 1.91 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.07 and an inclination of 28° with respect to the ecliptic.[6] As no precoveries were taken, and no prior identifications were made, the body's observation arc begins at Palomar with its official discovery observation in February 1989.[1]

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by NASA's space-based Spitzer and WISE telescopes, and the NEOWISE mission, Johnson measures between 3.62 and 4.791 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo between 0.19 and 0.44.[7][8][9][10][11] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts Petr Pravec's revised WISE-data, that is, an albedo of 0.1524 and a diameter of 4.80 kilometers for an absolute magnitude of 14.255.[4]

Moon and lightcurves

Between 1 and 11 April 2005, the first ever rotational lightcurve was obtained from photometric observations taken by astronomers Brian Warner at the Palmer Divide Observatory, Colorado, by Petr Pravec and Peter Kušnirák at Ondřejov Observatory, Czech Republic, by Adrián Galád and Štefan Gajdoš at Modra Observatory, Slovakia, and by P. Brown and Z. Krzeminski of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at UWO in Ontario, Canada.[2]Template:Efn

These observations revealed, that Johnson is a synchronous binary asteroid with a moon orbiting its primary every 21.785 hours. The observed mutual asteroid occultation and eclipsing events had a magnitude of between 0.15 and 0.18 magnitude, suggesting that the satellite's diameter measures Script error: No such module "val".% of that of Johnson (a secondary-to-primary diameter ratio of 0.4), which translates into a mean diameter of 1.4–1.9 kilometer.[2]Template:Efn

Since JohnsonTemplate:'s first observation in April 2005, astronomer Brian Warner and Petr Pravec have obtained additional lightcurves.Template:EfnTemplate:Efn They gave a revised rotation period for the primary of 3.7814 to 3.7824 hours with a brightness variation between 0.10 and 0.20 magnitude (U=3/3/3/3/3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".). These observations also confirmed that Johnson is a binary system, giving a concurring orbital period of 21.78 to 21.797 hours for the satellite.[12][13][14]Template:Efn For an asteroid of its size, Johnson has a somewhat fast spin rate, but still significantly above those of fast rotators. CALL adopts a rotation period of 3.7824 hours with an amplitude of 0.20 magnitude.[4]

Naming

This minor planet was named after American astronomer and engineer Lindley N. Johnson at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A space enthusiast since the age of 12, Johnson has been instrumental for the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking program, which became operational at GEODSS on Hawaii (Haleakala-NEAT; 566) in December 1995.[3] The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 3 May 1996 (M.P.C. 27128Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).[15]

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