1225 Ariane

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{{Infobox planet

| minorplanet = yes

| name = 1225 Ariane

| background = #D6D6D6

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| discovery_ref =

| discovered = 23 April 1930

| discoverer = H. van Gent

| discovery_site = Johannesburg Obs.
{{nowrap|{{small|(Leiden Southern Station)}}}}

| mpc_name = (1225) Ariane

| alt_names = 1930 HK{{·}}1928 UD
1958 TB

| named_after = "Ariane Leprieur"
{{small|(fictional character)}}

| mp_category = main-belt{{·}}Flora

| orbit_ref =

| epoch = 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)

| uncertainty = 0

| observation_arc = 88.64 yr (32,374 days)

| aphelion = 2.4002 AU

| perihelion = 2.0657 AU

| semimajor = 2.2329 AU

| eccentricity = 0.0749

| period = 3.34 yr (1,219 days)

| mean_anomaly = 150.36°

| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.2954|sup=ms}} / day

| inclination = 3.0739°

| asc_node = 12.381°

| arg_peri = 100.66°

| dimensions = {{val|9.194|0.091}}

| rotation = {{val|5.5068|0.0001}} h

| albedo = {{val|0.302|0.047}}

| spectral_type = S

| abs_magnitude = 12.1

}}

1225 Ariane, provisional designation {{mp|1930 HK}}, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 23 April 1930, by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at the Leiden Southern Station, annex to the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa.

Orbit and characterization

Ariane orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.1–2.4 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,219 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.07 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic.

Photometric observations made in 2003 at the U.S. Carbuncle Hill Observatory (912) near Providence, Rhode Island, give a synodic rotation period of {{val|5.529|0.002}} hours. The light curve shows a brightness variation of {{val|0.40|0.02}} in magnitude.

Naming

This minor planet was named after "Ariane Leprieur", the principal role in the play Le Chemin de Crête by Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973). The official naming citation was first mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 ({{small|H 96}}).

References

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{{cite web

|type = 2017-06-05 last obs.

|title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1225 Ariane (1930 HK)

|url = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001225

|publisher = Jet Propulsion Laboratory

|accessdate = 15 June 2017}}

{{cite book

|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1225) Ariane

|last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.

|publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg

|page = 102

|date = 2007

|isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3

|doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1226 |chapter = (1225) Ariane }}

{{cite web

|title = 1225 Ariane (1930 HK)

|work = Minor Planet Center

|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1225

|accessdate = 15 June 2017}}

{{cite web

|title = Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1225) Ariane

|last = Behrend |first = Raoul

|publisher = Geneva Observatory

|url = https://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page3cou.html#001225

|accessdate = 15 June 2017}}

{{cite journal

|display-authors = 6

|first1 = Joseph R. |last1 = Masiero

|first2 = T. |last2 = Grav

|first3 = A. K. |last3 = Mainzer

|first4 = C. R. |last4 = Nugent

|first5 = J. M. |last5 = Bauer

|first6 = R. |last6 = Stevenson

|first7 = S. |last7 = Sonnett

|date = August 2014

|title = Main-belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE: Near-infrared Albedos

|url = https://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2014ApJ...791..121M

|journal = The Astrophysical Journal

|volume = 791

|issue = 2

|page = 11

|bibcode = 2014ApJ...791..121M

|doi = 10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121

|arxiv = 1406.6645

|access-date= 15 June 2017}}

{{cite web

|title = LCDB Data for (1225) Ariane

|publisher = Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)

|url = https://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=1225%7CAriane

|accessdate = 15 June 2017}}

{{citation

|first1 = Donald P.

|last1 = Pray

|title = Lightcurve analysis of asteroids 1225, 1301, 2134, 2741, and 3974

|journal = The Minor Planet Bulletin

|volume = 31

|issue = 1

|pages = 6–8

|date = March 2004

|bibcode = 2004MPBu...31....6P

|postscript= .}}

}}