702 Alauda
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| Discovery[2] | |
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| Discovered by | Joseph Helffrich |
| Discovery date | July 16, 1910 |
| Designations | |
| Pronunciation | /əˈlɔːdə/ ə-LAW-də |
| 1910 KQ | |
| Main belt | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch June 18, 2009 (2455000.5) | |
| Aphelion | 3.2614 AU (Q) |
| Perihelion | 3.1238 AU (q) |
| 3.1926 AU (a) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.02155 |
| 5.70 yr | |
| 149.62° (M) | |
| Inclination | 20.612° |
| 289.96° | |
| 353.32° | |
| Known satellites | Pichi üñëm[3] |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 194.73 km[2] |
| Mass | (6.057 ± 0.36)×1018 kg³[4] |
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Mean density
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(1.57 ± 0.5) g/cm³[4] |
| Albedo | 0.0587[2] |
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Spectral type
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C/B[2] |
| 11.42 to 13.57[5] | |
| 7.25[2] | |
702 Alauda is a large minor planet, measuring 194.73 km in diameter.[2] It was discovered in 1910 by Joseph Helffrich from the observatory at Heidelberg University. It is named after the lark (alauda). In 2007, a small moon, named Pichi üñëm, was discovered.
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Satellite
Alauda's satellite Pichi üñëm (provisionally known as S/2007 (702) 1) was discovered from observations using adaptive-optics imaging with the European Southern Observatory (ESO) 8-m Very Large Telescope (VLT) on Cerro Paranal, Chile.[3] It is 5.5 km in diameter and has a projected separation from Alauda of 900 km.[6][7] It was named Pichi üñëm, meaning "little bird" in the Mapuche language of Chile, the country from which the moon was discovered.[8]
Orbital characteristics
Alauda has been identified as the largest member of a dynamical family.[3] Other members of this family include: 581 Tauntonia, 1101 Clematis, 1838 Ursa, 3139 Shantou, 3325 TARDIS, 4368 Pillmore, 5360 Rozhdestvenskij, 5815 Shinsengumi, and many others.[9] Alauda's moon may be a result of the collision that created the asteroid family.[3]
Physical characteristics
The discovery of Alauda's moon enabled Alauda's mass to be determined. Rojo and Margot (2010) have estimated its mass to be 6.06×1018 kg with a density of 1.57 g/cm³.[4]
Occultations
Alauda has been observed to occult stars on several occasions, providing important information on its size and shape. It produced occultations on 2001-07-12 and 2004-04-21.[10] It may have occulted an apparent magnitude 9.5 star in the constellation of Gemini on 2009-10-17 at 08:18 UT.[1] This event should have been visible from Uruguay, Argentina, and Chile.[1]
References
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- ↑ Magnitudes generated with JPL Horizons for the year 1950 through 2100
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- ↑ New Names of Minor Planets PDF (2.19 MB)
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External links
- Orbital simulation from JPL (Java) / Ephemeris
