(75482) 1999 XC173

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(75482) 1999 XC173
Discovery [1]
Discovered by LINEAR
Discovery site Lincoln Lab's ETS
Discovery date10 December 1999
Designations
(75482) 1999 XC173
1999 XC173 ·2001 KY49
main-belt  · Vestian [2]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 16.82 yr (6,143 days)
Aphelion 2.5436 AU
Perihelion 2.1844 AU
2.3640 AU
Eccentricity 0.0760
3.63 yr (1,328 days)
310.28°
0° 16m 16.32s / day
Inclination 6.1205°
58.882°
48.553°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions2.96 km (calculated) [2]
1234.1709±89.9916 h [3]
0.20 (assumed) [2]
S [2]
14.5 [1]  ·14.557±0.004(R) [3]  ·15.01 [2]

    (75482) 1999 XC173 is a stony Vestian asteroid and an exceptionally slow rotating body from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 December 1999, by LINEAR at Lincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site in Socorro, New Mexico, United States. [4]

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    Classification and orbit

    The body is classified as a S-type member of the Vesta family by the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link's Light Curve Data Base (LCDB) . [2] It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.2–2.5  AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,328 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.08 and an inclination of 6° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] A first precovery was obtained at the discovering observatory in October 1999, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 2 months prior to its official discovery observation. [4]

    Physical characteristics

    A rotational lightcurve was obtained for this asteroid from photometric observations at the Californian Palomar Transient Factory in September 2013. It gave a rotation period of 1234 hours with an estimated error margin of ±90 hours. As of 2016, it is the 6th slowest rotating minor planet known to exist. Its high brightness variation of 0.69 magnitude indicates that it has a non-spheroidal shape ( U=2 ). [3]

    According to the LCDB, the body's surface has an assumed standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and a calculated diameter of 2.96 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 15.01. [2]

    Numbering and naming

    This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 15 April 2004. [5] As of 2018, it has not been named. [4]

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    References

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