3309 Brorfelde

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3309 Brorfelde
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by K. Jensen
K. Augustesen
Discovery site Brorfelde Obs.
Discovery date28 January 1982
Designations
(3309) Brorfelde
Named after
 Brorfelde Observatory
(discovering observatory) [2]
1982 BH
main-belt  · Hungaria   [3] [4]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 35.25 yr (12,876 days)
Aphelion 1.9143 AU
Perihelion 1.7208 AU
1.8175 AU
Eccentricity 0.0532
2.45 yr (895 days)
76.394°
0° 24m 7.92s / day
Inclination 21.136°
29.797°
218.43°
Known satellites 1  [5] [lower-alpha 1]
Physical characteristics
Dimensions3.78±0.60 km [6]
3.91 km (derived) [4]
5.038±0.083 km [7]
2.503±0.001 h [8]
2.5041±0.0002 h [5] [9]
2.5042±0.0001 h [10]
2.5046±0.0003 h [11]
6±2 h [12]
8±1 h [13]
9.3788±0.0022 h [14]
0.253±0.060 [7]
0.2747 (derived) [4]
0.408±0.060 [7]
0.46±0.24 [6]
SMASS = S   [1]  · S   [4]
13.4±0.2(R) [5]  ·13.584±0.001(R) [14]  ·13.60 [6] [7]  ·13.7 [1]  ·13.9 [9]  ·13.97±0.09 [12]  ·14.062±0.064 [4] [15]

    3309 Brorfelde, provisional designation 1982 BH, is a nearly spheroidal, binary [lower-alpha 1] Hungaria asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 28 January 1982, by Danish astronomers Kaare Jensen and Karl Augustesen at the Brorfelde Observatory near Holbæk, Denmark. [3] It was named for the discovering observatory and the village where it is located. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Brorfelde is a bright stony asteroid and member of the Hungaria family, which form the innermost dense concentration of asteroids in the Solar System. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.7–1.9  AU once every 2 years and 5 months (895 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.05 and an inclination of 21° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation, as no precoveries were taken, and no prior identifications were made. [3]

    Physical characteristics

    On the SMASS taxonomic scheme, Brorfelde is a common stony S-type asteroid. [1]

    Photometry

    Between 2005 and 2010, astronomers Brian Warner and Petr Pravec obtained a large number of rotational lightcurves of Brorfelde. Best rated lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period between 2.5041 and 2.5046 hours with a brightness amplitude between 0.09 and 0.13 in magnitude, indicating that the body has a nearly spheroidal shape ( U=3/3/3 ). [9] [10]

    These results superseded photometric observations taken by Wiesław Z. Wiśniewski in the 1990s ( U=2 ), [12] and by Federico Manzini and René Roy in 2005 and 2009, respectively ( U=2-/n.a. ), [13] as well as observations taken at the Palomar Transient Factory in 2010, which gave an incorrect period solution of more than 9 hours ( U=1 ). [14]

    Satellite

    During the photometric observation in 2005, it was revealed that Brorfelde is a binary asteroid. Its asteroid moon has an orbital period of 18.48±0.01 hours, and measures approximately 1 kilometer in diameter, based on a mean-diameter ratio of 0.26±0.02 for the system's secondary and primary body. [lower-alpha 1] [5] In January 2014, repeated observations by Brian Warner confirmed a period of 2.503 and 18.51 hours for the primary and secondary, respectively ( U=3 ), [8] with several online-published lightcurve plots. [lower-alpha 2]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Brorfelde measures 3.78 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo of 0.46 (most recent result only). [6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.2747 and a diameter of 3.91 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 14.062. [4]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named on the occasion of the Brorfelde Observatory's 40th anniversary. Brorfelde was the observatory's first minor planet discovery. [2] The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 7 September 1987 ( M.P.C. 12210). [16]

    Notes

    1. 1 2 3 Electronic Telegram No. 279, (3309) Brorfelde, 7 November 2005  [lower-alpha 1]
      Photometric observations obtained from 25 October to 3 November 2005, revealed that 3309 Brorfelde is a binary system with an orbital period of 18.48±0.01 hours. The primary rotates with a period of 2.5041±0.0002 hours, and its light-curve has a brightness variation of 0.13 magnitude, indicating a nearly spheroidal shape. Mutual eclipse/occultation events with an amplitude of 0.07-0.15 magnitude suggest a ratio of 0.26±0.02 for its secondary-to-primary mean-diameter. Assuming G = 0.15, the calibrated data gives an absolute magnitude of 13.4±0.2.
      B. D. Warner, Palmer Divide Observatory, Colorado Springs; P. Pravec and P. Kusnirak, Ondrejov Observatory; W. Cooney, J. Gross, and D. Terrell, Sonoita Research Observatory, Sonoita, AZ; and S. Nudds, Elginfield Observatory, University of Western Ontario Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams No.279
    2. ↑ Lightcure plots of (3309) Brorfelde at the Center for Solar System Studies (CS3) in 2014

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