291 Alice

Alice (minor planet designation: 291 Alice) is a stony background asteroid from the inner region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on 25 April 1890 at the Vienna Observatory.

291 Alice
A three-dimensional model of 291 Alice based on its light curve
Discovery
Discovered byJohann Palisa
Discovery date25 April 1890
Designations
(291) Alice
1954 UJ3
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc124.62 yr (45516 d)
Aphelion2.4273 AU (363.12 Gm)
Perihelion2.01631 AU (301.636 Gm)
2.22182 AU (332.380 Gm)
Eccentricity0.092495
3.31 yr (1209.7 d)
115.293°
 17m 51.382s / day
Inclination1.8555°
161.655°
331.580°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions14.97±1.1 km[1]
19×12×11 km[2][3]
Mass~
Mean density
~2.7 g/cm³[4]
4.313 h (0.1797 d)[1]
0.180 d (4.32 h)[5]
0.2075±0.033[1]
0.208[2]
S[6]
11.45

    Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Leura Observatory in Leura, Australia during 2006 gave a rotation period of 4.313 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.20 ± 0.02 in magnitude. This result is in agreement with previous studies.[7] Lightcurve analysis indicates that Alice's pole points towards either ecliptic coordinates (β, λ) = (55°, 65°) or (β, λ) = (55°, 245°) with a 10° uncertainty.[3] This gives an axial tilt of about 35° in both cases.

    References

    1. Yeomans, Donald K., "291 Alice", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 11 May 2016.
    2. Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey Archived June 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
    3. A. Kryszczyńska; et al. (1996). "CCD Photometry of Seven Asteroids: New Spin Axis and Shape Determinations". Icarus. 124: 134. Bibcode:1996Icar..124..134K. doi:10.1006/icar.1996.0194.
    4. G. A. Krasinsky; et al. (2002). "Hidden Mass in the Asteroid Belt". Icarus. 158: 98. Bibcode:2002Icar..158...98K. doi:10.1006/icar.2002.6837.
    5. PDS lightcurve data
    6. "Asteroid Taxonomy". Planetary Science Institute. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
    7. Oey, Julian (December 2006), "Lightcurves analysis of 10 asteroids from Leura Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 33 (4), pp. 96–99, Bibcode:2006MPBu...33...96O.

    See also


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