3567 Alvema
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Delporte |
| Discovery site | Uccle – Belgium |
| Discovery date | 15 November 1930 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 3567 Alvema |
|
Named after
|
(great-granddaughters of discoverer)[2] |
| 1930 VD · 1930 XO 1930 XQ · 1967 SB 1972 VN1 · 1972 XC2 1972 YD1 · 1978 EP4 |
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| main-belt · (outer) [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 84.49 yr (30,861 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.6549 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9249 AU |
| 2.7899 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.3100 |
| 4.66 yr (1,702 days) | |
| 68.511° | |
| Inclination | 6.8151° |
| 271.18° | |
| 138.20° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 14.531±0.076 km[4] 13.98 km (calculated)[3] |
| 8.13 h[5] 8.1216±0.0001 h[6] |
|
| 0.0467±0.0015[4] 0.057 (assumed)[3] |
|
| SMASS = Xc X [3] |
|
| 13.0[1] | |
3567 Alvema, provisional designation 1930 VD, is a dark asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Belgian astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle, on 15 November 1930.[7]
The X-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–3.7 AU once every 4 years and 8 months (1,702 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.31 and is tilted by 7 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. Two different light-curve analysis rendered a rotation period of 8.1 hours.[5][6] It has a low albedo of 0.05, according to the survey carried out by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and its subsequent NEOWISE mission.[4]
The minor planet was named by the discoverer after Aline, Vérionique and Martine (Al-Ve-Ma), his three great-granddaughters, Aline De Middlelaer, and Vérionique and Martine Wark.[2]
References
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External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- 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
- 3567 Alvema at the JPL Small-Body Database
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