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947 Monterosa

{{Short description|Minor planet orbiting the Sun}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}

{{Infobox planet

| minorplanet= yes

| background= #D6D6D6

| name= 947 Monterosa

| mpc_name= (947) Monterosa

| alt_names= 1921 JD

| discoverer= A. Schwassmann

| discovery_site= Bergedorf

| discovered= 8 February 1921

| orbit_ref= {{Cite web |url=https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=947;cad=1 |title=947 Monterosa (1921 JD) |work=JPL Small-Body Database |publisher=NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory |access-date=2 May 2016}}

| observation_arc= 109.28 yr (39915 days)

| uncertainty= 0

| epoch= 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)

| eccentricity= 0.24975

| semimajor= {{Convert|2.7513|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| perihelion= {{Convert|2.0641|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}

| aphelion= {{Convert|3.4384|AU|Gm|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| period= 4.56 yr (1666.8 d)

| inclination= 6.7071°

| asc_node= 48.349°

| arg_peri= 338.212°

| mean_anomaly= 61.4561°

| mean_motion= {{Deg2DMS|0.21598|sup=ms}} / day

| abs_magnitude= 9.9

| rotation= {{Convert|5.164|h|d|abbr=on|lk=on}}

| albedo= {{val|0.2937|0.040}}

| mean_radius= {{val|13.45|0.85}} km

}}

947 Monterosa is a minor planet orbiting the Sun.

Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado during 2007 produced a light curve with a period of 5.164 ± 0.001 hours with a brightness range of 0.23 ± 0.02 in magnitude. This differs from a period of 2.376 hours reported in 2007.

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{Citation

| first1 = Brian D.

| last1 = Warner

| title = Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory

| work = The Minor Planet Bulletin

|date=September 2007

| bibcode = 2007MPBu...34...72W

| postscript= .}}

}}

External links

  • [http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/pdolc/A947_2007.HTM Lightcurve plot of 947 Monterosa], Palmer Divide Observatory, B. D. Warner (2007)
  • [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
  • {{AstDys|947}}
  • {{JPL small body}}

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Category:Discoveries by Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann

Category:Named minor planets

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