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134 Sophrosyne
Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered by Karl Theodor Robert Luther
Discovery date27 September 1873
Designations
(134) Sophrosyne
Pronunciation /sˈfrɒsɪn/ [1]
Named after
sophrosyne
Main belt
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 ( JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc138.60 yr (50625 d)
Aphelion2.86280  AU (428.269  Gm)
Perihelion2.26311 AU (338.556 Gm)
2.56295 AU (383.412 Gm)
Eccentricity0.11699
4.10 yr (1498.7 d)
18.54 km/s
229.885 °
0° 14m 24.76s / day
Inclination11.6018°
345.986°
84.7156°
Earth  MOID1.31034 AU (196.024 Gm)
Jupiter  MOID2.42537 AU (362.830 Gm)
TJupiter3.396
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
108 [2]
112.188 km [3]
Mass(1.267 ± 0.575/0.398)×1018 kg [4]
Mean density
1.713 ± 0.778/0.538 g/cm3 [4]
Equatorial surface gravity
0.029 m/s2
Equatorial escape velocity
0.056 km/s
17.190  h (0.7163  d) [5]
0.0364±0.001 [2]
0.0436 ± 0.0122 [3]
Temperature~174 K
C ( Tholen) [3]
9.04, [2] 8.770 [3]

Sophrosyne ( minor planet designation: 134 Sophrosyne) is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther on 27 September 1873, and was named after the concept of sophrosyne, Plato's term for 'moderation'. Classified as a C-type asteroid, it has an exceedingly dark surface and most probably a primitive carbonaceous composition.[ citation needed]

An occultation of a star by 134 Sophrosyne was observed 24 November 1980, in the United States. Timing information from this event allowed a diameter estimate of 110 km to be derived. [6] Photometric observations of the asteroid in 2015 produced a lightcurve indicating a rotation period of 17.190±0.001 h with a variation amplitude of 0.28±0.01 in magnitude. This provided a good match to the only previous determination in 1989. [5]

References

  1. ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. ^ a b c d Yeomans, Donald K., "134 Sophrosyne", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d Pravec, P.; et al. (May 2012), "Absolute Magnitudes of Asteroids and a Revision of Asteroid Albedo Estimates from WISE Thermal Observations", Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Proceedings of the conference held May 16–20, 2012 in Niigata, Japan, no. 1667, Bibcode: 2012LPICo1667.6089P.
  4. ^ a b Fienga, A.; Avdellidou, C.; Hanuš, J. (February 2020). "Asteroid masses obtained with INPOP planetary ephemerides". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492 (1). doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz3407.
  5. ^ a b Pilcher, Frederick (October 2015), "Rotation Period Determination for 134 Sophrosyne, 521 Brixia and 873 Mechthild", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 42 (4): 280–281, Bibcode: 2015MPBu...42..280P.
  6. ^ Taylor, G. E., "Progress in accurate determinations of diameters of minor planets", Asteroids, comets, meteors; Proceedings of the Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, June 20–22, 1983, pp. 107–109, Bibcode: 1983acm..proc..107T.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

134 Sophrosyne
Orbital diagram
Discovery
Discovered by Karl Theodor Robert Luther
Discovery date27 September 1873
Designations
(134) Sophrosyne
Pronunciation /sˈfrɒsɪn/ [1]
Named after
sophrosyne
Main belt
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 ( JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc138.60 yr (50625 d)
Aphelion2.86280  AU (428.269  Gm)
Perihelion2.26311 AU (338.556 Gm)
2.56295 AU (383.412 Gm)
Eccentricity0.11699
4.10 yr (1498.7 d)
18.54 km/s
229.885 °
0° 14m 24.76s / day
Inclination11.6018°
345.986°
84.7156°
Earth  MOID1.31034 AU (196.024 Gm)
Jupiter  MOID2.42537 AU (362.830 Gm)
TJupiter3.396
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
108 [2]
112.188 km [3]
Mass(1.267 ± 0.575/0.398)×1018 kg [4]
Mean density
1.713 ± 0.778/0.538 g/cm3 [4]
Equatorial surface gravity
0.029 m/s2
Equatorial escape velocity
0.056 km/s
17.190  h (0.7163  d) [5]
0.0364±0.001 [2]
0.0436 ± 0.0122 [3]
Temperature~174 K
C ( Tholen) [3]
9.04, [2] 8.770 [3]

Sophrosyne ( minor planet designation: 134 Sophrosyne) is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German astronomer Robert Luther on 27 September 1873, and was named after the concept of sophrosyne, Plato's term for 'moderation'. Classified as a C-type asteroid, it has an exceedingly dark surface and most probably a primitive carbonaceous composition.[ citation needed]

An occultation of a star by 134 Sophrosyne was observed 24 November 1980, in the United States. Timing information from this event allowed a diameter estimate of 110 km to be derived. [6] Photometric observations of the asteroid in 2015 produced a lightcurve indicating a rotation period of 17.190±0.001 h with a variation amplitude of 0.28±0.01 in magnitude. This provided a good match to the only previous determination in 1989. [5]

References

  1. ^ Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
  2. ^ a b c d Yeomans, Donald K., "134 Sophrosyne", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d Pravec, P.; et al. (May 2012), "Absolute Magnitudes of Asteroids and a Revision of Asteroid Albedo Estimates from WISE Thermal Observations", Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Proceedings of the conference held May 16–20, 2012 in Niigata, Japan, no. 1667, Bibcode: 2012LPICo1667.6089P.
  4. ^ a b Fienga, A.; Avdellidou, C.; Hanuš, J. (February 2020). "Asteroid masses obtained with INPOP planetary ephemerides". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 492 (1). doi: 10.1093/mnras/stz3407.
  5. ^ a b Pilcher, Frederick (October 2015), "Rotation Period Determination for 134 Sophrosyne, 521 Brixia and 873 Mechthild", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 42 (4): 280–281, Bibcode: 2015MPBu...42..280P.
  6. ^ Taylor, G. E., "Progress in accurate determinations of diameters of minor planets", Asteroids, comets, meteors; Proceedings of the Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, June 20–22, 1983, pp. 107–109, Bibcode: 1983acm..proc..107T.

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