849 Ara

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849 Ara (prov. designation: Template:Mp or Template:Mp) is a large, metallic background asteroid, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter, that is located in the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 9 February 1912, by Russian astronomer Sergey Belyavsky at the Simeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula.[1] The M-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 4.1 hours and is likely elongated in shape. It was named after the American Relief Administration (ARA) for the help given during the Russian famine of 1921–22.[2]

Orbit and classification

Ara is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements.[3][4] It orbits the Sun in the outer asteroid belt at a distance of 2.5–3.8 AU once every 5 years and 7 months (2,038 days; semi-major axis of 3.15 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 20° with respect to the ecliptic.[5] In addition, Ara has a low Jupiter tisserand of 3.09, just above the defined threshold of 3.0 which is used to distinguish asteroids from the Jupiter-family comets.[5] The body's observation arc begins at the Collegio Romano Observatory Template:Obscode in Italy on 3 July 1919, more than 6 years after its official discovery observation at Simeiz.[1]

Naming

This minor planet was named after American Relief Administration (ARA), in appreciation of the help it gave during the Russian famine of 1921–22. Headed by Herbert Hoover, ARA was a relief mission after World War I to Europe which also included post-revolutionary Russia later on. The Template:MoMP was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 83Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).[2]

Physical characteristics

In the Tholen classification as well as in the lesser known taxonomic method by Howell, Ara is a metallic M-type asteroid.[5][4][6] This spectral type translates into the X-type in more modern asteroid taxonomic systems. In 2018 and 2019, a study using photometry from the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network and the South African Astronomical Observatory, grouped Ara into the X-type category based on the Bus–DeMeo classification.[7][8][9]

Rotation period and pole

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Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Ara

In June 1981, a rotational lightcurve of Ara was obtained from photometric observations by Alan Harris. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of Script error: No such module "val". hours with a brightness variation of Script error: No such module "val". magnitude, indicative of an elongated shape (U=3Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).[10] Numerous observations have since confirmed this period.[9] This includes Laurent Bernasconi Script error: No such module "val". (2004) and Script error: No such module "val". (2006),[11] Davide Gandolfi Script error: No such module "val". (2006),[12] Adam Marciniak Script error: No such module "val". (2009),[13] Maurice Audejean Script error: No such module "val". (2010),[11] and Richard E. Schmidt Script error: No such module "val". (2017).[14] In 2017, a modeled lightcurve gave a concurring sidereal period of Script error: No such module "val". hours as well as a spin axis of (223.0°, −41.0°) in ecliptic coordinates (λ, β).[15]

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), Ara measures (Script error: No such module "val".), (Script error: No such module "val".) and (Script error: No such module "val".) kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of (Script error: No such module "val".), (Script error: No such module "val".) and (Script error: No such module "val".), respectively.[16][17][18] Alternative mean-diameters published by the WISE team include (Script error: No such module "val".) and (Script error: No such module "val".) with corresponding albedos of (Script error: No such module "val".) and (Script error: No such module "val".).[4][9]

In 2009 and 2015, several asteroid occultations of Ara were observed. The two best-rated observations from January 2009 and April 2015 and August 2008, gave a best-fit ellipse dimension of (Script error: No such module "val".) and (Script error: No such module "val".), respectively.[4] These timed observations are taken when the asteroid passes in front of a distant star. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts Petr Pravec's revised WISE albedo of 0.1149 and takes a diameter of 84.61 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 8.33,[9] while Josef Ďurech calculates a diameter of Script error: No such module "val". by combining lightcurve inversion models with asteroid occultation silhouettes.[19]

References

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