Discovery [1] | |
---|---|
Discovered by | ODAS |
Discovery site | CERGA Obs. |
Discovery date | 27 February 1998 |
Designations | |
(31249) 1998 DF14 | |
Named after |
Renée Fleming (American soprano) |
1998 DF14 · 1992 FU3 1993 OC11 | |
main-belt
[1] · (
outer)
[2]
[3] Zhongguo [4] · 2:1 res [5] | |
Orbital characteristics [2] | |
Epoch 23 March 2018 ( JD 2458200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 23.14 yr (8,453 d) |
Aphelion | 4.1082 AU |
Perihelion | 2.3852 AU |
3.2467 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.2654 |
5.85 yr (2,137 d) | |
165.56 ° | |
0° 10m 6.6s / day | |
Inclination | 1.5766° |
96.933° | |
86.472° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 6.08
km (calculated)
[3] 6.973±0.083 km [6] [7] |
3.34±0.04 h [8] | |
0.053±0.011
[6]
[7] 0.057 (assumed) [3] | |
C (assumed) [3] | |
14.36±0.08 (R)
[8] 14.4 [1] [2] 14.6 [7] 14.81 [3] 14.84 [9] | |
31249 Renéefleming ( provisional designation 1998 DF14) is a dark Zhongguo asteroid from the outermost region of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers (4 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 27 February 1998, by astronomers with the ODAS survey conducted at the CERGA Observatory near Caussols, France. [1] The presumed C-type asteroid has a short rotation period of 3.34 hours. [3] It was named for American soprano Renée Fleming. [1]
Renéefleming is a non- family asteroid from the main belt's background population, [5] [10] and a member of the small group of Zhongguo asteroids, [4] located in the Hecuba gap and locked in a 2:1 mean-motion resonance with the gas giant Jupiter. Contrary to the nearby Griqua group, the orbits of the Zhongguos are stable over half a billion years. [4]
It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.4–4.1 AU once every 5 years and 10 months (2,137 days; semi-major axis of 3.25 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.27 and an inclination of 2 ° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] The body's observation arc begins with its first observations at Mount Wilson Observatory in April 1934, almost 64 years prior to its official discovery observation at Caussols. [1]
Renéefleming is an assumed C-type asteroid, [3] which agrees with the body's albedo (see below).
In December 2014, a rotational lightcurve of Renéefleming was obtained from photometric observations in the R-band by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. Lightcurve analysis gave a short rotation period of 3.34 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.12 magnitude ( U=2-). [8]
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Renéefleming measures 6.973 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.053, [6] [7] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for a carbonaceous asteroid of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 6.08 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 14.81. [3]
This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) on 30 November 2001, after its orbit had sufficiently been secured ( M.P.C. 44038). [11] It was named after American soprano Renée Fleming (born 1959) known for her roles in classical operas by Richard Strauss, Mozart, Handel, Verdi and Dvorak, as well as more modern pieces. [1] The official naming citation was published by the MPC on 29 May 2018 ( M.P.C. 110615). [11]