5370 Taranis
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{{Infobox planet
| minorplanet = yes
| name = 5370 Taranis
| background = #FFC2E0
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| discoverer = A. Maury
| discovery_site = Palomar Obs.
| discovered = 2 September 1986
| mpc_name = (5370) Taranis
| alt_names = 1986 RA
| pronounced =
| named_after = Taranis
{{small|(Celtic mythology)}}
| epoch = 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
| uncertainty = 0
| observation_arc = 29.93 yr (10,932 d)
| aphelion = 5.4438 AU
| perihelion = 1.2118 AU
| semimajor = 3.3278 AU
| eccentricity = 0.6359
| period = 6.07 yr (2,217 days)
| mean_anomaly = 27.914°
| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.1624|sup=ms}} / day
| inclination = 19.131°
| asc_node = 177.85°
| arg_peri = 161.27°
| moid = 0.2196 AU{{·}}85.6 LD
| jupiter_moid = 0.3673 AU
| dimensions = 2.30 km {{small|(derived)}}
{{val|3.6}} km {{small|(Gehrels)}}
{{val|5.308|0.082}} km
{{val|6.3|0.05}} km
| rotation =
| albedo = {{val|0.037|0.009}}
{{val|0.051|0.009}}
0.20 {{small|(assumed)}}
| spectral_type = S {{small|(assumed)}}
| abs_magnitude = 15.2{{·}}15.56
}}
5370 Taranis, provisional designation {{mp|1986 RA}}, is an asteroid and suspected dormant comet on an eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter.
Description
Taranis was discovered on 2 September 1986, by French astronomer Alain Maury at the Palomar Observatory in California, United States. It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2:1 mean-motion resonance with Jupiter. When at aphelion of 5.4 AU, the object is roughly the same distance from the Sun as Jupiter is when Jupiter is at aphelion. The unstable resonance with Jupiter is expected to last roughly 7.3 million years.
Taranis also is expected of being a dormant comet. On 10 September 2099 it will pass {{convert|0.1325|AU|km mi|abbr=on|lk=on}} from Earth.
This minor planet was named after the Gaulish god of thunder Taranis from Celtic mythology. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 September 1993 ({{small|M.P.C. 22509}}).
References
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|type = 2016-07-16 last obs.
|title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 5370 Taranis (1986 RA)
|url = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=5370;cad=1
|publisher = Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|access-date = 2 February 2018}}
|title = 5370 Taranis (1986 RA)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=5370
|access-date = 2 February 2018}}
|title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
|access-date = 2 February 2018}}
|display-authors = 6
|first1 = A. |last1 = Mainzer
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|s2cid = 239991 }}
|display-authors = 6
|first1 = M. |last1 = Mommert
|first2 = A. W. |last2 = Harris
|first3 = M. |last3 = Mueller
|first4 = J. L. |last4 = Hora
|first5 = D. E. |last5 = Trilling
|first6 = W. F. |last6 = Bottke
|first7 = C. A. |last7 = Thomas
|first8 = M. |last8 = Delbo
|first9 = J. P. |last9 = Emery
|first10 = G. |last10 = Fazio
|first11 = H. A. |last11 = Smith
|date = October 2015
|title = ExploreNEOs. VIII. Dormant Short-period Comets in the Near-Earth Asteroid Population
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|volume = 150
|issue = 4
|page = 9
|bibcode = 2015AJ....150..106M
|doi = 10.1088/0004-6256/150/4/106
|arxiv = 1508.04116
|s2cid = 34373031 }}
|title = LCDB Data for (5370) Taranis
|publisher = Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
|url = http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=5370%7CTaranis
|access-date = 2 February 2018}}
|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
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|date = November 2011
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|volume = 741
|issue = 2
|page = 25
|bibcode = 2011ApJ...741...90M
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|arxiv = 1109.6407
|s2cid = 35447010 }}
|author = Wisniewski, W. Z.
|date = June 1987
|title = Photometry of six radar target asteroids
|journal = Icarus
|volume = 70
|issue = 3
|pages = 566–572
|issn = 0019-1035
|bibcode = 1987Icar...70..566W
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}}
|first1 = F. |last1 = Roig
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|date = September 2002
|title = Asteroids in the 2 : 1 resonance with Jupiter: dynamics and size distribution [ Erratum: 2002MNRAS.336.1391R ]
|journal = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
|volume = 335
|issue = 2
|pages = 417–431
|bibcode = 2002MNRAS.335..417R
|doi = 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05635.x
|doi-access = free
}}
}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120216070205/http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.0&n=5370 (5370) Taranis] at AstDyS-2
- [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
- {{NeoDys|5370}}
- {{ESA-SSA|5370|Taranis}}
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