413 Edburga

Edburga (minor planet designation: 413 Edburga) is a typical Main belt asteroid. Max Wolf discovered it on 7 January 1896 at Heidelberg Observatory.[1] The origin of the name is unknown.[3] This asteroid is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.58 AU with a period of 4.15 yr and an eccentricity of 0.34. Its orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 18.7° to the plane of the ecliptic.[1]

413 Edburga
A three-dimensional model of 413 Edburga based on its light curve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byMax Wolf
Discovery date7 January 1896
Designations
(413) Edburga
1896 CL
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc99.18 yr (36,225 d)
Aphelion3.47021 AU (519.136 Gm)
Perihelion1.69586 AU (253.697 Gm)
2.58304 AU (386.417 Gm)
Eccentricity0.34346
4.15 yr (1,516.3 d)
83.4524°
0° 14m 14.694s / day
Inclination18.7206°
103.866°
252.655°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions31.95±2.8 km[1]
15.773 h (0.6572 d)[1]
−45°[2] (β)
202°[2] (λ)
0.1466±0.029[1]
10.18[1]

    Analysis of the asteroid's light curve based on photometric data collected during 2011 shows a rotation period of 15.78±0.02 h with a brightness variation of 0.53±0.02 in magnitude. This is consistent with prior results.[4] This is classified as an M-type asteroid in the Tholen system and X-type in the Bus and Binzel taxonomy,[5] with a moderate albedo and generally featureless near infrared spectra. An absorption feature has been detected at a wavelength 3 μm, suggesting this is W-type.[5] It spans a diameter of 31.95±2.8 km.[6] Radar echoes are bimodal, suggesting a bifurcated structure that is likely a contact binary.[5]

    References

    1. "413 Edburga (1896 CL)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
    2. MacLennan, Eric M.; Emery, J. P. (October 2013), "Constraints on Spin Axis and Thermal Properties of Asteroids in the WISE Catalog", American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #45, Bibcode:2013DPS....4520819M, 208.19
    3. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2009), Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006 - 2008, p. 217, ISBN 9783642019654.
    4. Warner, Brian D. (April 2012), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory: 2011 September - December", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 39 (2): 69–80, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39...69W, ISSN 1052-8091
    5. Shepard, Michael K.; et al. (January 2015), "A radar survey of M- and X-class asteroids. III. Insights into their composition, hydration state, & structure", Icarus, 245: 38–55, Bibcode:2015Icar..245...38S, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.016.
    6. Hardersen, P. S.; et al. (March 2007), "Near-IR Reflectance Spectra of M-Asteroids 250 Bettina, 369 Aeria, 413 Edburga, and 931 Whittemora", 38th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, (Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII), held March 12-16, 2007 in League City, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1338, p. 1956, Bibcode:2007LPI....38.1956H.

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