4659 Roddenberry
{{Short description|Nysian asteroid}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox planet
| minorplanet = yes
| name = 4659 Roddenberry
| background = #D6D6D6
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| discoverer = S. J. Bus
| discovery_site = Siding Spring Obs.
| discovered = 2 March 1981
| mpc_name = (4659) Roddenberry
| alt_names = {{nowrap|{{mp|1981 EP|20}}{{·}}{{mp|1979 SY|7}}}}
{{mp|1979 TO|1}}
| pronounced =
| named_after = Gene Roddenberry
{{small|(American screenwriter)}}
| mp_category = main-belt {{·}}{{small|(inner)}}
Nysa
| epoch = 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
| uncertainty = 0
| observation_arc = 41.19 yr (15,044 d)
| aphelion = 2.9019 AU
| perihelion = 1.8408 AU
| semimajor = 2.3714 AU
| eccentricity = 0.2237
| period = 3.65 yr (1,334 d)
| mean_anomaly = 188.19°
| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.2699|sup=ms}} / day
| inclination = 2.4668°
| asc_node = 19.633°
| arg_peri = 5.1337°
| mean_diameter = {{val|3.56|ul=km}} {{small|(derived)}}
{{val|3.622|0.601|u=km}}
| rotation = {{val|12|ul=h}} {{small|(poor)}}
| albedo = {{val|0.193|0.065}}
{{val|0.20}} {{small|(assumed)}}
| spectral_type = S {{small|(assumed)}}
| abs_magnitude = 14.4
14.61
{{val|14.78|0.28}}
}}
4659 Roddenberry, provisional designation {{mp|1981 EP|20}}, is a Nysian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately {{convert|3.6|km|mi|abbr=off|sigfig=2|sp=us}} in diameter. It was discovered on 2 March 1981, by American astronomer Schelte Bus at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. The likely S-type asteroid has an unsecured rotation period of 12 hours. It was named for American screenwriter Gene Roddenberry.
Orbit and classification
Roddenberry is a core member of the Nysa family ({{small|405}}), a very large family of stony asteroids, alternatively known as Herta family. It is part of the Nysa–Polana complex, the largest grouping of asteroids in the main-belt. The complex is typically further divided into subfamilies with different spectral properties.{{rp|23}}
The asteroid orbits the Sun in the inner asteroid belt at a distance of 1.8–2.9 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,334 days; semi-major axis of 2.37 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.22 and an inclination of 2° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with a precovery taken at Palomar Observatory in February 1977, or four years prior to its official discovery observation at Siding Spring.
Physical characteristics
Roddenberry is an assumed stony S-type asteroid, typical for core members of the Nysa family and in agreement with its high albedo (see below).
= Rotation period =
In the 1990s, a fragmentary rotational lightcurve of Roddenberry was obtained from photometric observations by Richard Binzel. Lightcurve analysis gave a highly uncertain rotation period of 12 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.14 magnitude ({{small|U=1}}). As of 2018, no secure period has been obtained.
= Diameter and albedo =
According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Roddenberry measures 3.622 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.193, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20, and derives a diameter of 3.56 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 14.61.
Naming
This minor planet was named in memory of famous American screenwriter, producer and futurist, Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991), known for the Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation television series, and for the Star Trek film franchise. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 18 February 1992 ({{small|M.P.C. 19698}}).
References
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|type = 2018-04-21 last obs.
|title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 4659 Roddenberry (1981 EP20)
|url = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2004659
|publisher = Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|access-date = 17 May 2018}}
|title = 4659 Roddenberry (1981 EP20)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=4659
|access-date = 17 May 2018}}
|title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
|access-date = 17 May 2018}}
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|title = Asteroid 4659 Roddenberry
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|arxiv = 1502.01628
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}}
|title = LCDB Data for (4659) Roddenberry
|publisher = Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
|url = http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=4659%7CRoddenberry
|access-date = 17 May 2018}}
|display-authors = 6
|first1 = A. |last1 = Mainzer
|first2 = T. |last2 = Grav
|first3 = J. |last3 = Masiero
|first4 = E. |last4 = Hand
|first5 = J. |last5 = Bauer
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|first10 = E. |last10 = Wright
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|date = November 2011
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|first1 = Richard P. |last1 = Binzel
|first2 = Shui |last2 = Xu
|first3 = Schelte J. |last3 = Bus
|first4 = Edward |last4 = Bowell
|date = September 1992
|title = Small Main-Belt Asteroid Lightcurve Survey
|journal = Icarus
|volume = 99
|issue = 1
|pages = 225–237
|issn = 0019-1035
|bibcode = 1992Icar...99..225B
|doi = 10.1016/0019-1035(92)90184-9}}
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|first1 = Peter |last1 = Veres
|first2 = Robert |last2 = Jedicke
|first3 = Alan |last3 = Fitzsimmons
|first4 = Larry |last4 = Denneau
|first5 = Mikael |last5 = Granvik
|first6 = Bryce |last6 = Bolin
|first7 = Serge |last7 = Chastel
|first8 = Richard J. |last8 = Wainscoat
|first9 = William S. |last9 = Burgett
|first10 = Kenneth C. |last10 = Chambers
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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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