793 Arizona

Main-belt asteroid

793 Arizona is a minor planet orbiting the Sun that was discovered April 9, 1907 by American businessman Percival Lowell at Flagstaff.[3] It was named for the state of Arizona.[4] The object was independently discovered on April 17, 1907, by J. H. Metcalf at Taunton.[3] This is a main belt asteroid orbiting 2.8 AU from the Sun with a period of 4.675 yr and an eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.13. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 15.8° to the plane of the ecliptic.[1]

Photometric observations at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado during the winter of 2007–2008 were used to build a light curve for this asteroid. The asteroid displayed a period of 7.367±0.005 h and a brightness change of 0.25±0.02 in magnitude.[2] It spans a diameter of approximately 29 km and is a candidate D-type asteroid with an unusual spectrum.[1]

See also

  • List of minor planets: 1–1000

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "793 Arizona (1907 ZD)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b Warner, Brian D. (September 2008), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory: December 2007 – March 2008" (PDF), The Minor Planet Bulletin, 35 (3): 95–98, Bibcode:2008MPBu...35...95W, archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2013, retrieved 23 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b Schmadel, Lutz D. (2013), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 118, ISBN 9783662066157.
  4. ^ Peebles, Curtis (2016), Asteroids: a History, Smithsonian, p. 159, ISBN 9781944466046.
  • Lightcurve plot of 793 Arizona, Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2007)
  • Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
  • 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
  • 793 Arizona at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
    • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
  • 793 Arizona at the JPL Small-Body Database Edit this at Wikidata
    • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
  • JPL SBDB
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