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{{Infobox planet
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| minorplanet = yes
| name = 1739 Meyermann
| name = 1739 Meyermann
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| discovery_ref = &thinsp;<ref name="jpldata" />
| discovery_ref = <ref name="jpldata" />
| discovered = 15 August 1939
| discovered = 15 August 1939
| discoverer = [[Karl Reinmuth|K. Reinmuth]]
| discoverer = [[Karl Reinmuth|K. Reinmuth]]
| discovery_site = [[Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory|Heidelberg Obs.]]
| discovery_site = [[Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory|Heidelberg Obs.]]
| mp_name = 1739 Meyermann
| mpc_name = (1739) Meyermann
| alt_names = 1939 PF{{·}}{{mp|1929 TB|1}}<br />1935 GN{{·}}{{mp|1952 HN|3}}<br />{{mp|1953 XO|1}}{{·}}1963 TG
| alt_names = 1939 PF{{·}}{{mp|1929 TB|1}}<br />1935 GN{{·}}{{mp|1952 HN|3}}<br />{{mp|1953 XO|1}}{{·}}1963 TG
| named_after = [[Bruno Meyermann]]<br />{{small|(astronomer)}}&thinsp;<ref name="springer" />
| named_after = Bruno Meyermann<br />{{small|(German astronomer)}}<ref name="springer" />
| mp_category = [[main-belt]]{{·}}[[Flora family|Flora]]&thinsp;<ref name="lcdb" />
| mp_category = [[main-belt]]{{·}}[[Flora family|Flora]]<ref name="lcdb" />
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| epoch = 13 January 2016 ([[Julian day|JD]] 2457400.5)
| epoch = 4 September 2017 ([[Julian day|JD]] 2458000.5)
| uncertainty = 0
| uncertainty = 0
| observation_arc = 86.43 yr (31568 days)
| observation_arc = 87.57 yr (31,984 days)
| aphelion = {{Convert|2.5424|AU|Gm|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| aphelion = 2.5407 [[Astronomical unit|AU]]
| perihelion = {{Convert|1.9800|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}
| perihelion = 1.9812 AU
| semimajor = {{Convert|2.2612|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}
| semimajor = 2.2610 AU
| eccentricity = 0.12436
| eccentricity = 0.1237
| period = 3.40 [[Julian year (astronomy)|yr]] (1242.0 [[Julian year (astronomy)|d]])
| period = 3.40 [[Julian year (astronomy)|yr]] (1,242 days)
| mean_anomaly = 212.97[[Degree (angle)|°]]
| mean_anomaly = 26.730[[Degree (angle)|°]]
| inclination = 3.4071°
| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.2899|sup=ms}} / day
| asc_node = 203.37°
| inclination = 3.4093°
| arg_peri = 81.980°
| asc_node = 203.35°
| arg_peri = 82.116°
| dimensions = {{val|8.688|0.063}} km&thinsp;<ref name="WISE" /><br />{{val|6.62|0.79}} km&thinsp;<ref name="Masiero-2012" /><br />8.19 km {{small|(calculated)}}&thinsp;<ref name="lcdb" />
| rotation = {{val|2.8219|0.0002}}[[hour|h]]&thinsp;{{efn|name=lcdb}}<br />{{val|2.8212|0.0002}} h&thinsp;{{efn|name=lcdb}}<br />{{Convert|2.8219|h|d|abbr=on|lk=on}}&thinsp;<ref name="jpldata"/>
| dimensions = {{val|6.62|0.79}} km<ref name="Masiero-2012" /><br />7.47 km {{small|(calculated)}}<ref name="lcdb" /><br />{{val|7.858|0.124}}<ref name="Masiero-2014" /><br />{{val|8.688|0.063}} km<ref name="WISE" />
| albedo = {{val|0.1961|0.0376}}&thinsp;<ref name="WISE" /><br />{{val|0.336|0.116}}&thinsp;<ref name="Masiero-2012" /><br />0.24 {{small|(assumed)}}&thinsp;<ref name="lcdb" />
| rotation = {{val|2.8212|0.0002}} [[Hour|h]]{{efn|name=LCDB-Pravce-2014}}<br />{{val|2.8219|0.0002}} h{{efn|name=LCDB-Pravce-2007}}
| albedo = {{val|0.1961|0.0376}}<ref name="WISE" /><br />0.24 {{small|(assumed)}}<ref name="lcdb" /><br />{{val|0.254|0.015}}<ref name="Masiero-2014" /><br />{{val|0.336|0.116}}<ref name="Masiero-2012" />
| spectral_type = [[S-type asteroid|S]]&thinsp;<ref name="lcdb" />
| spectral_type = [[S-type asteroid|S]]<ref name="lcdb" />
| abs_magnitude = 12.7
| abs_magnitude = {{val|12.63|0.27}}<ref name="Veres-2015" />{{·}}12.7<ref name="Masiero-2012" /><ref name="WISE" />{{·}}12.8<ref name="jpldata" /><ref name="lcdb" />
| mean_motion = {{Deg2DMS|0.28986|sup=ms}} / day
| moid = {{Convert|0.965503|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}
| jupiter_moid = {{Convert|2.57647|AU|Gm|abbr=on}}
| tisserand = 3.607
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'''1739 Meyermann''', provisional designation 1939 PF, is a stony [[asteroid]] from the inner regions of the [[asteroid belt]], about 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer [[Karl Reinmuth]] at [[Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory|Heidelberg Observatory]] on 15 August 1939.<ref name="MPC-Meyermann" />
'''1739 Meyermann''', provisional designation {{mp|1939 PF}}, is a stony Florian [[asteroid]] from the inner regions of the [[asteroid belt]], approximately 7.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer [[Karl Reinmuth]] at [[Heidelberg Observatory]] on 15 August 1939.<ref name="MPC-Meyermann" /> It was later named in memory of astronomer [[Bruno Meyermann]].<ref name="springer" />


== Orbit and classification ==
The asteroid is a member of the [[Flora family]], a large group of [[S-type asteroid|S-type]] asteroids in the inner main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.5&nbsp;[[Astronomical unit|AU]] once every 3.40 years (1,241 days). Its orbit shows an [[orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] of 0.12 and is [[orbital inclination|inclined]] by 3 degrees to the plane of the [[ecliptic]]. It has a [[rotation period]] of 2.822 hours and an [[geometric albedo|albedo]] of 0.20 and 0.37, according to preliminary results from the surveys carried out by the [[Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer|WISE]] and [[NEOWISE]] missions, respectively.<ref name="WISE" /><ref name="Masiero-2012" />


''Meyermann'' is a member of the [[Flora family]], a large group of [[S-type asteroid|S-type]] asteroids in the inner main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.5&nbsp;[[Astronomical unit|AU]] once every 3 years and 5 months (1,242 days). Its orbit has an [[orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] of 0.12 and an [[orbital inclination|inclination]] of 3[[Degree (angle)|°]] with respect to the [[ecliptic]].<ref name="jpldata" /> ''Meyermann'' was first identified as {{mp|1929 TB|1}} at [[Lowell Observatory]] in 1929, extending the body's [[observation arc]] by 10 years prior to its official discovery observation at Heidelberg.<ref name="MPC-Meyermann" />
The minor planet was named in memory of Bruno Meyermann (1876–1963), a classical astronomer and academic teacher at [[Göttingen Observatory]] in Lower Saxony, Germany. His fields of interest included [[polar motion]] and [[Relativistic mechanics|relativistic effects]].<ref name="springer" />


== References ==
=== Rotation period ===

Two rotational [[lightcurve]]s of ''Meyermann'' were obtained from photometric observations taken by Czech astronomer [[Petr Pravec]] at Ondřejov Observatory in 2007 and 2014. They gave a [[rotation period]] of 2.8212 and 2.8219 hours with a brightness variation of 0.12 and 0.17 [[Magnitude (astronomy)|magnitude]], respectively ({{small|[[LCDB quality code|U=3/3]]}}).{{efn|name=LCDB-Pravce-2014}}{{efn|name=LCDB-Pravce-2007}}

=== Diameter and albedo ===

According to the refitted 2014-results from the survey carried out by the [[Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer]] with its [[NEOWISE]] missions, ''Meyermann'' measures 7.858 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an [[astronomical albedo|albedo]] of 0.254.<ref name="Masiero-2014" /> The ''Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link'' assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from [[8&nbsp;Flora]], the largest member and namesake of its family – and calculates a diameter of 7.47 kilometers based on an [[absolute magnitude]] of 12.8.<ref name="lcdb" />

== Naming ==

This [[minor planet]] was named in memory of Bruno Meyermann (1876–1963), a classical astronomer and academic teacher at [[Göttingen Observatory]] in Lower Saxony, Germany. His fields of interest included [[polar motion]] and [[Relativistic mechanics|relativistic effects]].<ref name="springer" /> The official {{MoMP|1739|naming citation}} was published by the [[Minor Planet Center]] on 18 April 1977 ({{small|[[Minor Planet Circulars|M.P.C.]] 4155}}).<ref name="DoMP-Circular-dates" />

== Notes ==
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{{efn|name=lcdb|1=Pravec (2007) web: rotation period {{val|2.8219|0.0002}} hours and Pravec (2014) web {{val|2.8212|0.0002}}, with a brightness amplitude of {{val|0.22}} and {{val|0.17}}, respectively. Summary figures at {{URL|1=http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/GenerateALCDEFPage_Local.php?AstInfo=1739%7CMeyermann|2=Asteroid Lightcurve Database for (1739) Meyermann}}}}
{{efn|name=LCDB-Pravce-2007|1=Pravec (2007) web: rotation period {{val|2.8219|0.0002}} hours with a brightness amplitude of {{val|0.22}}. Quality Code of 3. Summary figures at [http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=1739%7CMeyermann Asteroid Lightcurve Database] }}

{{efn|name=LCDB-Pravce-2014|1=Pravec (2014) web: rotation period {{val|2.8212|0.0002}} hours with a brightness amplitude of {{val|0.17}}. Quality Code of 3. Summary figures at [http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=1739%7CMeyermann Asteroid Lightcurve Database] }}


}} <!-- end of notelist -->
}} <!-- end of notelist -->


== References ==
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<ref name="lcdb">{{cite web
|title=LCDB Data for (1739) Meyermann
|publisher=Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
|url=http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/GenerateALCDEFPage_Local.php?AstInfo=1739%7CMeyermann
|accessdate=November 2015}}</ref>


<ref name="jpldata">{{cite web
<ref name="jpldata">{{cite web
|type=2015-10-11 last obs.
|type = 2017-05-05 last obs.
|title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1739 Meyermann (1939 PF)
|title = JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1739 Meyermann (1939 PF)
|url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001739
|url = https://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=2001739
|publisher=Jet Propulsion Laboratory
|publisher = [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]]
|accessdate=21 April 2016}}</ref>
|accessdate = 7 June 2017}}</ref>


<ref name="springer">{{cite book
<ref name="springer">{{cite book
|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1739) Meyermann
|url=http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1740
|last = Schmadel | first = Lutz D.
|title=Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1739) Meyermann
|publisher = [[Springer Berlin Heidelberg]]
|last=Schmadel |first=Lutz D.
|page = 138
|publisher=Springer Berlin Heidelberg
|date = 2007
|page=138
|isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3
|date=2003
|isbn=978-3-540-29925-7
|doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1740 |chapter = (1739) Meyermann }}</ref>
|accessdate=November 2015}}</ref>


<ref name="MPC-Meyermann">{{cite web
<ref name="MPC-Meyermann">{{cite web
|title=1739 Meyermann (1939 PF)
|title = 1739 Meyermann (1939 PF)
|work=Minor Planet Center
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url=http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1739
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=1739
|accessdate=November 2015}}</ref>
|accessdate = 20 December 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="DoMP-Circular-dates">{{cite book
|title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Addendum to Fifth Edition (2006–2008)
|chapter = Appendix – Publication Dates of the MPCs
|last = Schmadel |first=Lutz D.
|publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg
|page = 221
|isbn = 978-3-642-01964-7
|doi = 10.1007/978-3-642-01965-4}}</ref>

<ref name="lcdb">{{cite web
|title = LCDB Data for (1739) Meyermann
|publisher = Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
|url = http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=1739%7CMeyermann
|accessdate = 20 December 2016}}</ref>


<ref name="WISE">{{cite journal
<ref name="WISE">{{cite journal
|display-authors = 6
|display-authors = 6
|author = Mainzer, A.
|first1 = A. |last1 = Mainzer
|author2 = Grav, T.
|first2 = T. |last2 = Grav
|author3 = Masiero, J.
|first3 = J. |last3 = Masiero
|author4 = Hand, E.
|first4 = E. |last4 = Hand
|author5 = Bauer, J.
|first5 = J. |last5 = Bauer
|author6 = Tholen, D.
|first6 = D. |last6 = Tholen
|author7 = McMillan, R. S.
|first7 = R. S. |last7 = McMillan
|author8 = Spahr, T.
|first8 = T. |last8 = Spahr
|author9 = Cutri, R. M.
|first9 = R. M. |last9 = Cutri
|author10 = Wright, E.
|first10 = E. |last10 = Wright
|author11 = Watkins, J.
|first11 = J. |last11 = Watkins
|author12 = Mo, W.
|first12 = W. |last12 = Mo
|author13 = Maleszewski, C.
|first13 = C. |last13 = Maleszewski
|date = November 2011
|date = November 2011
|title = NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results
|title = NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results
|url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2011ApJ...741...90M
|journal = The Astrophysical Journal
|journal = The Astrophysical Journal
|volume = 741
|volume = 741
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|bibcode = 2011ApJ...741...90M
|bibcode = 2011ApJ...741...90M
|doi = 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90
|doi = 10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90
|access-date= November 2015|arxiv = 1109.6407 }}</ref>
|arxiv = 1109.6407}}</ref>


<ref name="Masiero-2012">{{cite journal
<ref name="Masiero-2012">{{cite journal
|display-authors = 6
|author = Masiero, Joseph R.
|author2 = Mainzer, A. K.
|first1 = Joseph R. |last1 = Masiero
|author3 = Grav, T.
|first2 = A. K. |last2 = Mainzer
|author4 = Bauer, J. M.
|first3 = T. |last3 = Grav
|author5 = Cutri, R. M.
|first4 = J. M. |last4 = Bauer
|author6 = Nugent, C.
|first5 = R. M. |last5 = Cutri
|author7 = Cabrera, M. S.
|first6 = C. |last6 = Nugent
|first7 = M. S. |last7 = Cabrera
|date = November 2012
|date = November 2012
|title = Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids
|title = Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids
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|bibcode = 2012ApJ...759L...8M
|bibcode = 2012ApJ...759L...8M
|doi = 10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8
|doi = 10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8
|access-date= November 2015|arxiv = 1209.5794 }}</ref>
|arxiv = 1209.5794
|access-date= 20 December 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="Veres-2015">{{cite journal
|display-authors = 6
|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
|first11 = Heather |last11 = Flewelling
|first12 = Nick |last12 = Kaiser
|first13 = Eugen A. |last13 = Magnier
|first14 = Jeff S. |last14 = Morgan
|first15 = Paul A. |last15 = Price
|first16 = John L. |last16 = Tonry
|first17 = Christopher |last17 = Waters
|date = November 2015
|title = Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results
|url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2015Icar..261...34V
|journal = Icarus
|volume = 261
|pages = 34–47
|bibcode = 2015Icar..261...34V
|doi = 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007
|arxiv = 1506.00762
|access-date= 20 December 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="Masiero-2014">{{cite journal
|display-authors = 6
|first1 = Joseph R. |last1 = Masiero
|first2 = T. |last2 = Grav
|first3 = A. K. |last3 = Mainzer
|first4 = C. R. |last4 = Nugent
|first5 = J. M. |last5 = Bauer
|first6 = R. |last6 = Stevenson
|first7 = S. |last7 = Sonnett
|date = August 2014
|title = Main-belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE: Near-infrared Albedos
|url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2014ApJ...791..121M
|journal = The Astrophysical Journal
|volume = 791
|issue = 2
|page = 11
|bibcode = 2014ApJ...791..121M
|doi = 10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121
|arxiv = 1406.6645
|access-date= 20 December 2016}}</ref>


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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/lcdbsummaryquery.php Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)], query form ([http://www.minorplanet.info/lightcurvedatabase.html info])
* [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.se/books?id=aeAg1X7afOoC&pg Dictionary of Minor Planet Names], Google books
* [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
* [http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR] – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
* [http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)] – Minor Planet Center
* [https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs000001.html Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)] – Minor Planet Center
* {{AstDys|1739}}
* {{JPL small body|title=1739 Meyermann (1939 PF)|id=2001739}}
* {{JPL small body}}


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1739 Meyermann
Discovery[1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date15 August 1939
Designations
(1739) Meyermann
Named after
Bruno Meyermann
(German astronomer)[2]
1939 PF · 1929 TB1
1935 GN · 1952 HN3
1953 XO1 · 1963 TG
main-belt · Flora[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc87.57 yr (31,984 days)
Aphelion2.5407 AU
Perihelion1.9812 AU
2.2610 AU
Eccentricity0.1237
3.40 yr (1,242 days)
26.730°
0° 17m 23.64s / day
Inclination3.4093°
203.35°
82.116°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions6.62±0.79 km[4]
7.47 km (calculated)[3]
7.858±0.124[5]
8.688±0.063 km[6]
2.8212±0.0002 h[a]
2.8219±0.0002 h[b]
0.1961±0.0376[6]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
0.254±0.015[5]
0.336±0.116[4]
S[3]
12.63±0.27[7] · 12.7[4][6] · 12.8[1][3]

1739 Meyermann, provisional designation 1939 PF, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory on 15 August 1939.[8] It was later named in memory of astronomer Bruno Meyermann.[2]

Orbit and classification

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Meyermann is a member of the Flora family, a large group of S-type asteroids in the inner main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,242 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.12 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] Meyermann was first identified as 1929 TB1 at Lowell Observatory in 1929, extending the body's observation arc by 10 years prior to its official discovery observation at Heidelberg.[8]

Rotation period

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Two rotational lightcurves of Meyermann were obtained from photometric observations taken by Czech astronomer Petr Pravec at Ondřejov Observatory in 2007 and 2014. They gave a rotation period of 2.8212 and 2.8219 hours with a brightness variation of 0.12 and 0.17 magnitude, respectively (U=3/3).[a][b]

Diameter and albedo

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According to the refitted 2014-results from the survey carried out by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its NEOWISE missions, Meyermann measures 7.858 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo of 0.254.[5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora, the largest member and namesake of its family – and calculates a diameter of 7.47 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.8.[3]

Naming

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This minor planet was named in memory of Bruno Meyermann (1876–1963), a classical astronomer and academic teacher at Göttingen Observatory in Lower Saxony, Germany. His fields of interest included polar motion and relativistic effects.[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 18 April 1977 (M.P.C. 4155).[9]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Pravec (2014) web: rotation period 2.8212±0.0002 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.17. Quality Code of 3. Summary figures at Asteroid Lightcurve Database
  2. ^ a b Pravec (2007) web: rotation period 2.8219±0.0002 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.22. Quality Code of 3. Summary figures at Asteroid Lightcurve Database

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1739 Meyermann (1939 PF)" (2017-05-05 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(1739) Meyermann". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1739) Meyermann. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 138. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_1740. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (1739) Meyermann". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; et al. (November 2012). "Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 759 (1): 5. arXiv:1209.5794. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759L...8M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
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