Discovery [1] | |
---|---|
Discovered by | LINEAR |
Discovery site | Lincoln Lab's ETS |
Discovery date | 4 January 2000 |
Designations | |
(30000) Camenzind | |
Named after | Kathy Camenzind
[1] ( ISTS awardee) |
2000 AB138 · 1991 RQ35 1998 VR18 | |
main-belt
[1]
[2] · (
inner) background [3] [4] | |
Orbital characteristics [2] | |
Epoch 27 April 2019 ( JD 2458600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 27.09 yr (9,895 d) |
Aphelion | 2.4487 AU |
Perihelion | 2.0860 AU |
2.2673 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0800 |
3.41 yr (1,247 d) | |
162.97 ° | |
0° 17m 19.32s / day | |
Inclination | 6.5761° |
11.650° | |
225.88° | |
Physical characteristics | |
2.592±0.626 km [5] | |
0.457±0.117 [5] | |
14.6 [1] [2] | |
30000 Camenzind ( provisional designation 2000 AB138) is a very bright background asteroid from the inner region of the asteroid belt, approximately 2.6 kilometers (1.6 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 4 January 2000, by astronomers of the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program conducted at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico, in the United States. The asteroid was named for 2014- ISTS awardee Kathy Camenzind. [1]
Camenzind is a non- family asteroid from the main belt's background population. [3] [4] It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 2.1–2.4 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,247 days; semi-major axis of 2.27 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.08 and an inclination of 7 ° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] The body's observation arc begins with its first observation as 1991 RQ35 at Palomar Observatory in September 1991. [1]
This minor planet was named after American student Kathy Camenzind (born 1996), a 2014-finalist of the Intel science talent search (STS). [1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 13 June 2014 ( M.P.C. 88760). [6]
As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of Camenzind has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown. [2] [7]
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Camenzind measures 2.59 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a high albedo of 0.457. [5] Such a high albedo is typical for E-type asteroids.
Discovery [1] | |
---|---|
Discovered by | LINEAR |
Discovery site | Lincoln Lab's ETS |
Discovery date | 4 January 2000 |
Designations | |
(30000) Camenzind | |
Named after | Kathy Camenzind
[1] ( ISTS awardee) |
2000 AB138 · 1991 RQ35 1998 VR18 | |
main-belt
[1]
[2] · (
inner) background [3] [4] | |
Orbital characteristics [2] | |
Epoch 27 April 2019 ( JD 2458600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 27.09 yr (9,895 d) |
Aphelion | 2.4487 AU |
Perihelion | 2.0860 AU |
2.2673 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.0800 |
3.41 yr (1,247 d) | |
162.97 ° | |
0° 17m 19.32s / day | |
Inclination | 6.5761° |
11.650° | |
225.88° | |
Physical characteristics | |
2.592±0.626 km [5] | |
0.457±0.117 [5] | |
14.6 [1] [2] | |
30000 Camenzind ( provisional designation 2000 AB138) is a very bright background asteroid from the inner region of the asteroid belt, approximately 2.6 kilometers (1.6 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 4 January 2000, by astronomers of the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program conducted at the Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico, in the United States. The asteroid was named for 2014- ISTS awardee Kathy Camenzind. [1]
Camenzind is a non- family asteroid from the main belt's background population. [3] [4] It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 2.1–2.4 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,247 days; semi-major axis of 2.27 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.08 and an inclination of 7 ° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] The body's observation arc begins with its first observation as 1991 RQ35 at Palomar Observatory in September 1991. [1]
This minor planet was named after American student Kathy Camenzind (born 1996), a 2014-finalist of the Intel science talent search (STS). [1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 13 June 2014 ( M.P.C. 88760). [6]
As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of Camenzind has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown. [2] [7]
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Camenzind measures 2.59 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a high albedo of 0.457. [5] Such a high albedo is typical for E-type asteroids.