80 Sappho
Sappho (minor planet designation: 80 Sappho) is a large main-belt S-type (stony) asteroid with an orbital period of 3.48 years. It was discovered by English astronomer Norman Pogson on May 2, 1864, and is named after Sappho, the Archaic Greece poet.
.png.webp) Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Sappho | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | N. R. Pogson |
| Discovery site | Madras Obs. |
| Discovery date | 2 May 1864 |
| Designations | |
| (80) Sappho | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsæfoʊ/[1] |
Named after | Sappho (Greek poet) |
| main-belt · (inner) | |
| Adjectives | Sapphonian /sæˈfoʊniən/[2] Sapphoian /sæˈfoʊ.iən/[3] |
| Orbital characteristics[4] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Aphelion | 2.7544 AU (412.05 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.8370 AU (274.81 Gm) |
| 2.2957 AU (343.43 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.19980 |
| 3.48 yr (1270.5 d) | |
| 287.260° | |
| 0° 17m 0.06s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.676° |
| 218.699° | |
| 139.662° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.843652 AU (126.2085 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.7319 AU (408.69 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.553 |
| Physical characteristics[4] | |
| Dimensions | 68.563±1.033 km |
| 14.03087[5] h | |
Pole ecliptic latitude | 194[5] |
Pole ecliptic longitude | −26[5] |
| 0.206±0.014[4] 0.185 [6] | |
| S-type asteroid | |
| 9.38 to 13.6 | |
| 7.98 | |
13-cm radar observations of this asteroid from the Arecibo Observatory between 1980 and 1985 were used to produce a diameter estimate of 83 kilometres (52 mi).[7] Hanuš et al. (2013) confirmed the polar axis has ecliptic coordinates (λ, β) = (194°, −26°) and listed a rotation period of 14.03087 h.[5]
Sappho (at apparent magnitude 11.8) occulted the magnitude 7.2 star HIP 24403 in the constellation of Taurus on 16 September 2018 at 8:54 UT.[8][9] Sacramento and Salt Lake City were the two major cities located underneath the shadow path. Data from this event will help improve the shape model of the asteroid. During the occultation the asteroid was roughly 1.6 AU (240,000,000 km; 150,000,000 mi) from Earth with an uncertainty of ±76 km.
References
- "Sappho". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
- Catherine Hobbs (1995) Nineteenth-century Women Learn to Write
- The Thistle, January 1903, vol. I, no. 2, p. 4
- "80 Sappho", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 30 March 2013.
- Hanuš, J.; et al. (September 2013), "Sizes of main-belt asteroids by combining shape models and Keck adaptive optics observations", Icarus, 226 (1): 1045–1057, arXiv:1308.0446, Bibcode:2013Icar..226.1045H, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2013.07.023.
- Asteroid Data Sets Archived 2010-01-17 at WebCite
- Ostro, S. J.; et al. (August 1985), "Mainbelt asteroids - Dual-polarization radar observations", Science, 229 (4712), pp. 442–446, Bibcode:1985Sci...229..442O, doi:10.1126/science.229.4712.442, PMID 17738665.
- "Interactive GoogleMap of Shadow Path". Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/2018_09/0916_80_56486.htm
External links
- Shape model for 80 Sappho
- 80 Sappho at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 80 Sappho at the JPL Small-Body Database
