1378 Leonce
{{Short description|Dark Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox planet
| minorplanet = yes
| name = 1378 Leonce
| background = #D6D6D6
| image = File:1378Leonce (Lightcurve Inversion).png
| image_scale =
| caption = Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Leonce
| discoverer = F. Rigaux
| discovery_site = Uccle Obs.
| discovered = 21 February 1936
| mpc_name = (1378) Leonce
| alt_names = 1936 DB{{·}}1958 FG
1958 GY{{·}}1962 KB
A915 RC{{·}}A915 WA
| pronounced =
| named_after = Leonce Rigaux
{{small|(discoverer's father)}}
| mp_category = main-belt{{·}}{{small|(inner)}}
Nysa
| epoch = 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
| uncertainty = 0
| observation_arc = 101.54 yr (37,088 days)
| aphelion = 2.7300 AU
| perihelion = 2.0187 AU
| semimajor = 2.3743 AU
| eccentricity = 0.1498
| period = 3.66 yr (1,336 days)
| mean_anomaly = 38.698°
| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.2694|sup=ms}} / day
| inclination = 3.5913°
| asc_node = 43.568°
| arg_peri = 202.15°
| dimensions = {{val|14.94|3.81}} km
18.16 km {{small|(derived)}}
{{val|18.18|1.4}} km
{{val|20.54|0.13}} km
{{val|21.228|0.070}} km
{{val|22.20|0.33}} km
{{val|22.456|0.170}} km
| rotation = {{val|4.3250|0.0002}} h
{{val|4.325|0.001}} h
{{val|4.32527|0.00005}} h
{{val|4.3586|0.0002}} h
| albedo = {{val|0.0348|0.0046}}
{{val|0.053|0.002}}
{{val|0.061|0.002}}
0.0706 {{small|(derived)}}
{{val|0.0773|0.013}}
{{val|0.10|0.05}}
| spectral_type = C {{small|(assumed)}}
| abs_magnitude = {{val|11.94|0.22}}{{·}}12.10{{·}}12.20
}}
1378 Leonce, provisional designation {{mp|1936 DB}}, is a dark Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 February 1936, by Belgian astronomer Fernand Rigaux at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle, who named it after his father, Leonce Rigaux.
Orbit and classification
Leonce is a member of the Nysa family ({{small|405}}), also known as the Nysa-Polana complex, the largest grouping of almost 20 thousand known asteroids in the main belt, consisting of several sub-asteroid families.{{rp|23}}
It orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 2.0–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,336 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic.
The asteroid was first identified as {{mp|1915 RC}} at Heidelberg Observatory in September 1915. One week later, the body's observation arc begins at Bergedorf Observatory, more than 20 years prior to its official discovery observation at Uccle.
Physical characteristics
Leonce is an assumed carbonaceous C-type asteroid.
= Rotation period and poles =
In 2002, 2007 and 2017, three rotational light curves of Leonce were obtained from photometric observations by amateur astronomers René Roy, Laurent Bernasconi and Daniel Klinglesmith and colleagues at Etscorn Observatory ({{small|719}}), respectively. Analysis gave a well-defined light curve with a consolidated rotation period of 4.3250 hours and a brightness amplitude between 0.49 and 0.63 magnitude ({{small|U=3/3/3}}).
In addition a modeled light curve, using photometric data from various sources, gave a period of 4.32527 hours, as well as two spin axes of (210.0°, −67.0°) and (46.0°, −77.0°) in ecliptic coordinates.
= Diameter and albedo =
According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Leonce measures between 14.94 and 22.456 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.0348 and 0.10.
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0706 and a diameter of 18.16 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.2.
Naming
This minor planet was named after Leonce Rigaux, father of the discoverer astronomer Fernand Rigaux. The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 ({{small|H 125}}).
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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
- [http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR] – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- [https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)] – Minor Planet Center
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