449 Hamburga

449 Hamburga
Discovery [1][2]
Discovered by M. F. Wolf
A. Schwassmann
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date 31 October 1899
Designations
MPC designation (449) Hamburga
Named after
 Hamburg [3]
(German city)
1899 EU · 1947 OA
1948 TO · A901 EA
main-belt · (middle) [4]
background [5]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 117.91 yr (43,066 days)
Aphelion 2.9931 AU
Perihelion 2.1097 AU
2.5514 AU
Eccentricity 0.1731
4.08 yr (1,489 days)
228.86°
0° 14m 30.48s / day
Inclination 3.0847°
85.923°
47.281°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 55.09±14.25 km[6]
63.61±0.75 km[7]
66.76 ± 4.82 km[8]
77.90±22.29 km[9]
80.83±17.91 km[10]
85.59±1.9 km[11]
Mass (1.57±1.40)×1018 kg[8]
18.145±0.005 h[12]
18.263±0.004 h[13]
0.03±0.02[9]
0.033±0.009[10]
0.0393±0.002[11]
0.07±0.02[6]
0.072±0.002[7]
Tholen = C [1][4] · C [14]
B–V = 0.701[1]
U–B = 0.378[1]
9.43±0.01[4][15][16] · 9.47[1][7][9][11] · 9.79[6] · 9.79±0.07[17] · 9.80[10]

    449 Hamburga is a carbonaceous asteroid from the background population of the intermediate asteroid belt, approximately 75 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomers Max Wolf and Friedrich Schwassmann at Heidelberg Observatory on 31 October 1899, and later named after the city of Hamburg in Germany.[3][2]

    Description

    Hamburga is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. It is named for the city of Hamburg in Germany.[3] The name was announced in 1901 during a festival held by the Mathematical Society of Hamburg.[3]

    In the 1980s and 1990s, NASA considered a spacecraft mission to the asteroid.[18] The mission plan called for a launch in 1995 and a flyby of Hamburga in early 1998. The McDonald's chain of restaurants expressed an interest in sponsoring the mission which was discussed in exploratory meetings between themselves and NASA.[19]

    In August 1988 in the United States' city of Baltimore, P. Weissman addressed the International Astronomical Union on a mission to this asteroid (449), a mission which also include a rendezvous with Comet Kopf.[20] See Comet Rendezvous Asteroid Flyby for more on the mission to the comet. This mission can also be compared to Rosetta, which successfully flew by two minor planets and orbited a Comet during its approach to the Sun in the early 21st century. P. Weissman later worked on the Rosetta mission.[21]

    It was predicted that 449 occulted the star HIP 1424 in July 2013.[22]

    449 Hamburga was identified as one of three asteroids that were likely to be a parent body for chondrites along with 304 Olga and 335 Roberta.[23] All three asteroids were known to have low-albedo (not reflect as much light) and be close to "meteorite producing resonances".[23] Chrondrites are the most common type of meteor found on Earth, accounting for over 80% of all meteors.[24] They are named for the tiny spherical silicate particles that are found inside them (those particles are called chondrules).[24]

    See also

    References

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    2. 1 2 "449 Hamburga (1899 EU)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
    3. 1 2 3 4 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (449) Hamburga. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 51. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
    4. 1 2 3 "LCDB Data for (449) Hamburga". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 4 November 2017.
    5. ↑ "Small Bodies Data Ferret". Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
    6. 1 2 3 Nugent, C. R.; Mainzer, A.; Bauer, J.; Cutri, R. M.; Kramer, E. A.; Grav, T.; et al. (September 2016). "NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year Two: Asteroid Diameters and Albedos". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (3): 12. arXiv:1606.08923. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...63N. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/3/63. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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    13. ↑ Brinsfield, James W. (April 2010). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at Via Capote Observatory: 4th Quarter 2009". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 37 (2): 50–53. Bibcode:2010MPBu...37...50B. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
    14. ↑ Belskaya, I. N.; Fornasier, S.; Tozzi, G. P.; Gil-Hutton, R.; Cellino, A.; Antonyuk, K.; et al. (March 2017). "Refining the asteroid taxonomy by polarimetric observations". Icarus. 284: 30–42. Bibcode:2017Icar..284...30B. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2016.11.003. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
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    18. ↑ Mars rover Curiosity’s other mission: publicity machine - December 5, 2012
    19. ↑ Transactions of the International Astronomical Union: Proceedings of the ... edited by Derek McNally (Google Books link)
    20. ↑ Transactions of the International Astronomical Union: Proceedings of the ... edited by Derek McNally (Google Books link)]
    21. ↑ Planetary Ices: People Archived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine.
    22. ↑ Asteroid Occultation Updates Archived 2013-01-07 at the Wayback Machine.
    23. 1 2 Lunar and planetary science: abstracts of papers submitted to the ... Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Volume 27, Part 1 - Lunar and Planetary Institute, Jan 1, 1996
    24. 1 2 ASU - Chondrites
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