Discovery [1] | |
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Discovered by | K. Reinmuth |
Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
Discovery date | 7 February 1938 |
Designations | |
(1481) Tubingia | |
Named after | Tübingen (German city) [2] |
1938 DR · 1930 UL 1933 FT1 · 1933 FY1 1935 SY1 · 1938 CN 1938 ES · 1939 LD 1941 WF · 1950 OQ 1955 LA · 1959 GY A907 GQ · A912 FB | |
main-belt · ( outer) [3] | |
Orbital characteristics [1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 ( JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 84.28 yr (30,783 days) |
Aphelion | 3.1492 AU |
Perihelion | 2.8896 AU |
3.0194 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0430 |
5.25 yr (1,916 days) | |
283.84 ° | |
0° 11m 16.44s / day | |
Inclination | 3.5098° |
353.74° | |
312.18° | |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 33.26±1.7 km (
IRAS:5)
[4] 33.770±0.139 km [5] 35.20±0.73 km [6] 37.316±0.332 km [7] 40.12±0.51 km [8] |
24
h
[9] 160±20 (outdated) [10] | |
0.082±0.002
[8] 0.0920±0.0143 [7] 0.104±0.020 [6] [5] 0.1167±0.013 ( IRAS:5) [4] 0.1168 (SIMPS) [3] | |
C
[3] B–V = 0.920 [1] U–B = 0.370 [1] | |
10.34 [1] [4] [6] [8] · 10.35 [3] [7] [10] · 10.87±0.68 [11] | |
1481 Tübingia, provisional designation 1938 DR, is a dark asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 34 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 7 February 1938, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany, and named for the German city of Tübingen. [12]
Tübingia orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.9–3.1 AU once every 5 years and 3 months (1,916 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.04 and an inclination of 4 ° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] It was first identified as A907 GQ at the U.S. Taunton Observatory in 1907. The asteroid's first used observation was made at Heidelberg in 1933, extending the body's observation arc by 5 years prior to its official discovery observation. [12]
The asteroid has been characterized as a C-type asteroid. [3]
In October 2008, a rotational lightcurve of Tübingia was obtained form photometric observations by James W. Brinsfield at Via Capote Observatory ( G69) in California. Analysis gave a longer-than average rotation period of 24 hours with a brightness variation of 0.20 magnitude ( U=2). [9] The result supersedes a much longer period obtained in the 1980s. [10]
According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite, and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Tübingia measures between 33.26 and 40.12 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo of 0.082 to 0.117. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts the results from IRAS, that is, an albedo of 0.117 and a diameter of 33.26 kilometers using an absolute magnitude of 10.35. [3]
This minor planet was named after Tübingen, city in southern Germany and birthplace of astronomer Johannes Kepler. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center in April 1953 ( M.P.C. 909). [13]