656 Beagle
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656 Beagle, provisional designation Template:Mp, is an asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter. It was discovered on 22 January 1908, by German astronomer August Kopff at the Heidelberg Observatory.[1] It is the principal body and namesake of the small Beagle cluster located within the Themis family.[2] The C-type asteroid is likely highly elongated and has a rotation period of 7.0 hours.[3] It was named for Charles Darwin's ship, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"..[4]
Orbit and classification
Beagle is the principal body and namesake of the Beagle cluster (620Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".),[2] a small asteroid family of less than 150 known members, located within the much larger Themis family (602Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".) of carbonaceous asteroids, which is named after 24 Themis.[5] It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.7–3.6 AU once every 5 years and 7 months (2,042 days; semi-major axis of 3.15 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.13 and an inclination of 1° with respect to the ecliptic.[6]
Naming
This minor planet was named after Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., with which naturalist Charles Darwin sailed around the world from 1831 to 1836. The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 68Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).[4]
Physical characteristics
In the SDSS-based taxonomy, Beagle is a carbonaceous C-type asteroid,[7] in line with the overall spectral type of the Beagle and Themis family.[5]Template:Rp
Rotation period
In April 2004, a rotational lightcurve of Beagle was obtained from photometric observations by John Menke at the Menke Observatory. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of Script error: No such module "val". hours with a very high brightness amplitude of 1.2 magnitude, indicative of a non-spherical, elongated shape (U=3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).[3]
Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Beagle measures 62.6 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.045.[8] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts the SIMPS albedo of 0.0625 and a diameter of 53.17 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.0.[3]
References
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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
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- Template:PAGENAMEBASE at the JPL Small-Body DatabaseTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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