10251 Mulisch
{{Short description|Asteroid}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox planet
| minorplanet = yes
| name = 10251 Mulisch
| background = #D6D6D6
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| discoverer = C. J. van Houten
I. van Houten-G.
T. Gehrels
| discovery_site = Palomar Obs.
| discovered = 26 March 1971
| mpc_name = (10251) Mulisch
| alt_names = 3089 T-1{{·}}{{mp|1980 WX|1}}
{{mp|1997 ML|10}}
| pronounced =
| named_after = Harry Mulisch
{{small|(Dutch writer)}}
| mp_category = main-belt{{·}}{{small|(inner)}}
background
| epoch = 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
| uncertainty = 0
| observation_arc = 46.10 yr (16,837 d)
| aphelion = 2.5367 AU
| perihelion = 2.1299 AU
| semimajor = 2.3333 AU
| eccentricity = 0.0872
| period = 3.56 yr (1,302 d)
| mean_anomaly = 147.36°
| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.2765|sup=ms}} / day
| inclination = 2.0659°
| asc_node = 250.96°
| arg_peri = 205.49°
| mean_diameter = {{val|2.398|0.559|ul=km}}
| rotation =
| albedo = {{val|0.337|0.158}}
| spectral_type =
}}
10251 Mulisch, provisional designation {{mp|3089 T-1}}, is a bright background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately {{convert|2.4|km|mi|abbr=off|sigfig=2|sp=us}} in diameter. It was discovered during the Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey on 26 March 1971, by Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden, and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The asteroid was named after Dutch writer Harry Mulisch.
Orbit and classification
Mulisch is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.1–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 7 months (1,302 days; semi-major axis of 2.33 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins at Palomar on 26 March 1971, two nights prior to its official discovery observation.
= Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey =
The survey designation "T-1" stands for the first Palomar–Leiden Trojan survey, named after the fruitful collaboration of the Palomar and Leiden Observatory in the 1960s and 1970s. Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory where astrometry was carried out. The trio are credited with the discovery of several thousand asteroid discoveries.
Physical characteristics
The asteroid has an absolute magnitude 15.2. Based on its high albedo measured by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Mulisch likely belongs to the stony S-complex. As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of this asteroid has been obtained from photometric observations. Its rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.
= Diameter and albedo =
Naming
This minor planet was named after Dutch writer Harry Mulisch (1927–2010), known for his novels, plays, essays, poems and philosophical reflections such as The Discovery of Heaven. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 13 June 2006 ({{small|M.P.C. 56959}}).
References
{{reflist|30em|refs=
|type = 2017-04-28 last obs.
|title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 10251 Mulisch (3089 T-1)
|url = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2010251
|publisher = Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|access-date = 1 May 2018}}
|title = 10251 Mulisch (3089 T-1)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=10251
|access-date = 1 May 2018}}
|title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
|access-date = 1 May 2018}}
|title = Asteroid 10251 Mulisch – Proper Elements
|publisher = AstDyS-2, Asteroids – Dynamic Site
|url = https://newton.spacedys.com/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.6&n=10251
|access-date= 29 October 2019}}
|title = Minor Planet Discoverers
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/MPDiscsNum.html
|date = 2018
|access-date = 1 May 2018}}
|display-authors = 6
|first1 = Joseph R. |last1 = Masiero
|first2 = A. K. |last2 = Mainzer
|first3 = T. |last3 = Grav
|first4 = J. M. |last4 = Bauer
|first5 = R. M. |last5 = Cutri
|first6 = J. |last6 = Dailey
|first7 = P. R. M. |last7 = Eisenhardt
|first8 = R. S. |last8 = McMillan
|first9 = T. B. |last9 = Spahr
|first10 = M. F. |last10 = Skrutskie
|first11 = D. |last11 = Tholen
|first12 = R. G. |last12 = Walker
|first13 = E. L. |last13 = Wright
|first14 = E. |last14 = DeBaun
|first15 = D. |last15 = Elsbury
|first16 = T. IV |last16 = Gautier
|first17 = S. |last17 = Gomillion
|first18 = A. |last18 = Wilkins
|date = November 2011
|title = Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters
|url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2011ApJ...741...68M
|journal = The Astrophysical Journal
|volume = 741
|issue = 2
|page = 20
|bibcode = 2011ApJ...741...68M
|doi = 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68
|arxiv = 1109.4096
|access-date= 1 May 2018}}
}}
External links
- [http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/lcdbsummaryquery.php Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)], query form ([http://www.minorplanet.info/lightcurvedatabase.html info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216050541/http://www.minorplanet.info/lightcurvedatabase.html |date=16 December 2017 }})
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=aeAg1X7afOoC&pg Dictionary of Minor Planet Names], Google books
- [https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs010001.html Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (10001)-(15000)] – Minor Planet Center
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