13260 Sabadell
{{Short description|Asteroid}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox planet
| minorplanet = yes
| name = 13260 Sabadell
| background = #D6D6D6
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| discoverer = F. Casarramona
A. Vidal
| discovery_site = Montjoia Obs.
| discovered = 23 August 1998
| mpc_name = (13260) Sabadell
| alt_names = {{mp|1998 QZ|15}}{{·}}{{mp|1974 TQ|1}}
| named_after = Agrupació Astronómica de Sabadell
{{small|(astronomical society)}}
| mp_category = {{nowrap|main-belt{{·}}Eunomia}}
| epoch = 1 July 2021 (JD 2459396.5)
| uncertainty = 0
| observation_arc = 69.36 yr (25,334 d)
| aphelion = 2.9499 AU
| perihelion = 2.1479 AU
| semimajor = 2.5489 AU
| eccentricity = 0.1573
| period = 4.07 yr (1,486 d)
| mean_anomaly = 249.07°
| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.2422|sup=ms}} / day
| inclination = 12.760°
| asc_node = 286.92°
| arg_peri = 7.1969°
| mean_diameter = {{val|5.304|0.105|ul=km}}
| rotation = {{val|6.4366|0.0007|ul=h}}
| albedo = {{val|0.306|0.029}}
| spectral_type = S
}}
13260 Sabadell, prov. designation: {{mp|1998 QZ|15}}, is a stony Eunomia asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Catalan amateur astronomers Ferran Casarramona and Antoni Vidal at the Montjoia Observatory {{Obscode|953}}, Barcelona, on 23 August 1998. The likely elongated asteroid measures approximately {{convert|5.3|km|mi|abbr=off|sp=us|sigfig=2}} in diameter and has a rotation period of 5.3 hours. It was named after the astronomical society "Agrupació Astronòmica de Sabadell".
Orbit and classification
Sabadell is a core member of the Eunomia family (502), a large group of S-type asteroids and the most prominent family in the intermediate main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.1–2.9 AU once every 4 years and 1 month (1,486 days; semi-major axis of 2.55 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.16 and an inclination of 13° with respect to the ecliptic. A first precovery was taken at Palomar Observatory in January 1952, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 46 years prior to its official discovery at Montjoia Observatory.
Naming
This minor planet was named for the well known Catalan–Spanish amateur astronomical society Agrupació Astronómica de Sabadell, which celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2000. Both discoverers are members of this society. The approved {{MoMP|13260|naming citation}} was published by the Minor Planet Center on 26 July 2000 ({{small|M.P.C. 41032}}). The society uses the Observatorio de Sabadell {{Obscode|619}}, one of the country's most prolific amateur observatories, located in a park in the center of Sabadell, near Barcelona, Spain.
Physical characteristics
= Lightcurves =
In 2006, a rotational lightcurve was obtained from photometric observations by Italian astronomers Silvano Casulli and Antonio Vagnozzi. It gave a well-defined rotation period of {{val|6.4366|0.0007}} hours with a high brightness amplitude of {{val|0.56|0.01}} in magnitude ({{small|U=3}}), indicative of an elongated, non-spherical shape.
= Diameter and albedo =
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid measures 5.3 kilometers in diameter and has a high surface albedo of 0.31, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.21 and calculates a diameter of 6.1 kilometers, as the lower the body's albedo (reflectivity) the higher its diameter, at a constant absolute magnitude (brightness).
References
{{reflist|30em|refs=
|type = 2021-06-11 last obs.
|title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 13260 Sabadell (1998 QZ15)
|url = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2013260
|publisher = Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|access-date = 27 July 2021}}
|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names
|last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
|publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
|chapter = (13260) Sabadell
|page = 795
|date = 2007
|doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_8771
|isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3}}
|title = 13260 Sabadell (1998 QZ15)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=13260
|access-date = 27 July 2021}}
|title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
|access-date = 17 May 2016}}
|title = Observatorio de Sabadell
|work = Astrónomica de Sabadell
|url = http://www.astrosabadell.org/es/la-entidad/observatori-sabadell
|language = Spanish
|access-date= 26 April 2016}}
|title = Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (13260) Sabadell
|last = Behrend |first = Raoul
|publisher = Geneva Observatory
|url = http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page5cou.html#013260
|access-date = 17 May 2016}}
|title = LCDB Data for (13260) Sabadell
|publisher = Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
|url = http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=13260
|access-date = 27 July 2021}}
|title = Asteroid 13260 Sabadell – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0
|work = Small Bodies Data Ferret
|url = https://sbntools.psi.edu/ferret/SimpleSearch/results.action?targetName=13260+Sabadell#Asteroid%2013260%20SabadellEAR-A-VARGBDET-5-NESVORNYFAM-V3.0
|access-date = 27 July 2021}}
|title = Asteroid 13260 Sabadell – Proper Elements
|publisher = AstDyS-2, Asteroids – Dynamic Site
|url = https://newton.spacedys.com/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.6&n=13260
|access-date= 27 July 2021}}
|display-authors = 6
|first1 = A. |last1 = Mainzer
|first2 = T. |last2 = Grav
|first3 = J. |last3 = Masiero
|first4 = E. |last4 = Hand
|first5 = J. |last5 = Bauer
|first6 = D. |last6 = Tholen
|first7 = R. S. |last7 = McMillan
|first8 = T. |last8 = Spahr
|first9 = R. M. |last9 = Cutri
|first10 = E. |last10 = Wright
|first11 = J. |last11 = Watkins
|first12 = W. |last12 = Mo
|first13 = C. |last13 = Maleszewski
|date = November 2011
|title = NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results
|url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2011ApJ...741...90M
|journal = The Astrophysical Journal
|volume = 741
|issue = 2
|page = 25
|bibcode = 2011ApJ...741...90M
|doi = 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90
|arxiv = 1109.6407
|access-date= 17 May 2016}}
|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= 3 December 2016}}
}}
External links
- [http://www.astrosabadell.org/es/grups-d-activitats Agrupación Astronòmica Sabadell] {{small|in Spanish and Catalan only}}
- [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
- [http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR], Geneva Observatory, Raoul Behrend
- [https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs010001.html Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (10001)-(15000)], Minor Planet Center
- [https://sbntools.psi.edu/ferret/SimpleSearch/results.action?targetName=13260+Sabadell Asteroid 13260 Sabadell], Small Bodies Data Ferret
- {{AstDys|13260}}
- {{JPL small body}}
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