2443 Tomeileen

Tomeileen
Discovery
Discovered by	M. F. Wolf
Discovery site	Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date	24 January 1906
Designations
MPC designation	(2443) Tomeileen
Alternative designations	A906 BJ
Minor planet category	main-belt · (outer); Eos
Orbital characteristics
	Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
	Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	110.15 yr (40231 days)
Aphelion	3.1865962 AU (476.70801 Gm)
Perihelion	2.8289587 AU (423.20620 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.007777 AU (449.9570 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.0594521
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.22 yr (1905.3 d)
Mean anomaly	346.34246°
Mean motion	0° 11m 20.202s / day
Inclination	11.44590°
Longitude of ascending node	118.81052°
Argument of perihelion	68.82274°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	31.878±0.412 km
Synodic rotation period	3.974±0.001 h
Geometric albedo	0.199±0.025
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.2

2443 Tomeileen (A906 BJ) is an Eoan asteroid in the outer asteroid belt, approximately 32 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 January 1906, by astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.^[2]

Tomeileen is a member the Eos family (606),^[1] the largest asteroid family in the outer main belt consisting of nearly 10,000 asteroids.^[3]^[4]^: 23

References

^ ^a ^b "Small Bodies Data Ferret". Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2443 Tomeileen (A906 BJ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
^ ^a ^b Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro; et al. (December 2004), "Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families", Icarus, 172 (2): 388–401, Bibcode:2004Icar..172..388A, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008.
^ Nesvorný, D.; Broz, M.; Carruba, V. (December 2014). "Identification and Dynamical Properties of Asteroid Families" (PDF). Asteroids IV: 297–321. arXiv:1502.01628. Bibcode:2015aste.book..297N. doi:10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816532131-ch016. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

External links

Aznar, A. (2011) https://web.archive.org/web/20090519063302/http://www.apt.com.es/amadeo/asteroides.html
JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 2443 Tomeileen
2443 Tomeileen at the JPL Small-Body Database
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[Ferret-1] "Small Bodies Data Ferret". Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

[jpldata-2] "2443 Tomeileen (A906 BJ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

[icarus172_2_388-3] Alvarez-Candal, Alvaro; et al. (December 2004), "Rotational lightcurves of asteroids belonging to families", Icarus, 172 (2): 388–401, Bibcode:2004Icar..172..388A, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.008.

[Nesvorny-2014-4] Nesvorný, D.; Broz, M.; Carruba, V. (December 2014). "Identification and Dynamical Properties of Asteroid Families" (PDF). Asteroids IV: 297–321. arXiv:1502.01628. Bibcode:2015aste.book..297N. doi:10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816532131-ch016. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

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