3318 Blixen
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{{Infobox planet
| minorplanet = yes
| name = 3318 Blixen
| background = #D6D6D6
| discovered = 23 April 1985
| discoverer = P. Jensen
K. Augustesen
| discovery_site = Brorfelde Obs.
| mpc_name = (3318) Blixen
| alt_names = 1985 HB{{·}}1943 GP
1950 RT{{·}}1953 CJ
1962 YF{{·}}1970 KB
{{mp|1972 XL|1}}{{·}}{{mp|1976 QW|1}}
1979 DH
| pronounced =
| mp_category = main-belt{{·}}Eos
| named_after = Karen Blixen
| epoch = 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
| uncertainty = 0
| observation_arc = 74.16 yr (27,087 days)
| aphelion = 3.1569 AU
| perihelion = 2.8585 AU
| semimajor = 3.0077 AU
| eccentricity = 0.0496
| period = 5.22 yr (1,905 days)
| mean_anomaly = 116.45°
| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.1890|sup=ms}} / day
| inclination = 11.573°
| asc_node = 109.09°
| arg_peri = 49.585°
| dimensions = {{val|22.658|0.214}}
23.5 km
| rotation = {{val|6.456|0.003}}
| albedo = {{val|0.1275|0.031}}
{{val|0.204|0.023}}
| spectral_type = S
}}
3318 Blixen, provisionally designated {{mp|1985 HB}}, is a stony Eoan asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 23 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Danish astronomers Poul Jensen and Karl Augustesen at Brorfelde Observatory on 23 April 1985.
Blixen is a member of the Eos family ({{small|606}}), the largest asteroid family in the outer main belt consisting of nearly 10,000 asteroids. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.9–3.2 AU once every 5 years and 3 months (1,905 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.05 and an inclination of 12° with respect to the ecliptic.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2006 show a rotation period of 6.456 ± 0.003 hours with a brightness variation of 0.20 ± 0.02 magnitude.
This minor planet was named after Danish novelist Karen Blixen (1885–1962), best known for the memoir Out of Africa. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 18 September 1986 ({{small|M.P.C. 11161}}).
References
{{reflist|30em|refs=
|type = 2017-06-05 last obs.
|title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 3318 Blixen (1985 HB)
|url = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2003318
|publisher = Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|access-date = 16 June 2017}}
|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (3318) Blixen
|last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
|publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
|pages = 276–277
|date = 2007
|isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3
|doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_3319 |chapter = (3318) Blixen }}
|title = 3318 Blixen (1985 HB)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=3318
|access-date = 16 June 2017}}
|title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
|access-date = 16 June 2017}}
|last1=Warner
|first1=Brian D.
|title=Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - March - June 2006
|journal=The Minor Planet Bulletin
|volume=33
|issue=4
|pages=85–88
|date=December 2006
|bibcode=2006MPBu...33...85W
|postscript = .}}
|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 = http://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= 16 June 2017}}
|title = LCDB Data for (3318) Blixen
|publisher = Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
|url = http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=3318%7CBlixen
|access-date = 16 June 2017}}
}}
External links
- [http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/pdolc/A3318_2006.HTM Lightcurve plot of 3318 Blixen], Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2006)
- [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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