4209 Briggs
{{Short description|Asteroid}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox planet
| minorplanet = yes
| name = 4209 Briggs
| background = #D6D6D6
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| discovered = 4 October 1986
| discoverer = E. Helin
| discovery_site = Palomar Obs.
| mpc_name = (4209) Briggs
| alt_names = {{mp|1986 TG|4}}{{·}}1969 SB
{{mp|1978 EL|8}}{{·}}{{mp|1986 WD|5}}
{{mp|1989 CO|4}}
| named_after = Geoffrey A. Briggs
{{small|(American space physicist)}}
| mp_category =main-belt{{·}}{{small|(outer)}}
Alauda
| epoch = 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
| uncertainty = 0
| observation_arc = 47.53 yr (17,360 days)
| aphelion = 3.4213 AU
| perihelion = 2.8916 AU
| semimajor = 3.1565 AU
| eccentricity = 0.0839
| period = 5.61 yr (2,048 days)
| mean_anomaly = 195.76°
| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.1758|sup=ms}} / day
| inclination = 21.614°
| asc_node = 330.37°
| arg_peri = 12.512°
| dimensions = 25.39 km {{small|(derived)}}
{{val|25.63|2.3}} km {{small|(IRAS:2)}}
{{val|28.92|0.71}} km
{{val|29.62|0.61}} km
{{val|30.895|0.239}} km
{{val|31.303|0.128}}
| rotation = {{val|12.22|0.02}} h
{{val|12.235|0.01}} h
{{val|12.2530|0.0005}} h
| albedo = {{val|0.067|0.013}}
0.0827 {{small|(derived)}}
{{val|0.0889|0.0256}}
{{val|0.093|0.012}}
{{val|0.103|0.006}}
{{val|0.1288|0.026}} {{small|(IRAS:2)}}
| spectral_type = C
| abs_magnitude = 10.8{{·}}11.20{{·}}11.3{{·}}{{val|11.57|0.42}}
}}
4209 Briggs, provisional designation {{mp|1986 TG|4}}, is a carbonaceous Alauda asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 28 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 October 1986, by American astronomer Eleanor Helin at the Palomar Observatory in California, United States. The asteroid was named after American space physicist Geoffrey A. Briggs.
Orbit and classification
Briggs is a member of the Alauda family ({{small|902}}), a large family of typically bright carbonaceous asteroids and named after its parent body, 702 Alauda.{{rp|23}}
It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.9–3.4 AU once every 5 years and 7 months (2,048 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.08 and an inclination of 22° with respect to the ecliptic. The first precovery was obtained at El Leoncito in 1969, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 17 years prior to its discovery.
Lightcurves
A rotational lightcurves of this asteroid was obtained from photometric observations made by American astronomer Brian Warner at his Palmer Divide Observatory ({{small|716}}) in September 2003. The revised lightcurve showed a rotation period of {{val|12.22}} hours with a brightness variation of 0.45 in magnitude ({{small|U=3-}}). A second lightcurve from a collaboration of Czech, American and Italian observatories published in November 2013, gave a period of {{val|12.2530}} hours ({{small|U=n/a}}).
Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite, and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its NEOWISE mission, the asteroid measures between 25.6 and 31.3 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo in the range of 0.07 to 0.13. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.08 and a diameter of 25.4 kilometer, slightly below the result obtained by IRAS.
Naming
This minor planet was named after American space physicist Geoffrey A. Briggs, director of the Solar System Exploration Division at NASA Headquarters during the 1980s. He was instrumental for the formation of the U.S.–Soviet Joint Working Group for Solar System Exploration and became its co-chairman. He was on the imaging teams for the Mariner, Viking and Voyager missions. Briggs continued to promote space-related accomplishments to the public at the Air and Space Museum. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 27 June 1991 ({{small|M.P.C. 18456}}).
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External links
- {{YouTube|id=3Kn3s98KRYw|title=The Palmer Divide Observatory: Tour given by Brian Warner}} {{small|(time 4:03 min.)}}
- [http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/pdolc/A4209_2003.HTM Lightcurve plot of 4209 Briggs], Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2003)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20020806112442/http://astronautix.com/astros/briggs.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica – Briggs, Geoffrey A]
- [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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