11133 Kumotori (provisional designation 1996 XY) is a background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers (6 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 2 December 1996, by Japanese amateur astronomer Takao Kobayashi at his Ōizumi Observatory. The asteroid was named after Mount Kumotori near Tokyo.[2] It has a rotation period of 4.6 hours.[3]
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | T. Kobayashi |
| Discovery site | Ōizumi Obs. |
| Discovery date | 2 December 1996 |
| Designations | |
| (11133) Kumotori | |
Named after | Mount Kumotori (Japanese mountain)[2] |
| 1996 XY | |
| main-belt · (outer)[3] background[4] | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 28.27 yr (10,324 d) |
| Aphelion | 2.9313 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.6210 AU |
| 2.7762 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0559 |
| 4.63 yr (1,690 d) | |
| 54.098° | |
| 0° 12m 47.16s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.689° |
| 83.096° | |
| 158.34° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 8.96 km (calculated)[3] | |
| 4.634±0.0005 h[5] | |
| 0.057 (assumed)[3] | |
| L[6] · C (assumed)[3] | |
| 13.517±0.003 (R)[5] 13.6[1] · 13.97[3] 14.10±0.46[6] | |
Orbit and classification
Kumotori is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population.[4] It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.6–2.9 AU once every 4 years and 8 months (1,690 days; semi-major axis of 2.786 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.06 and an inclination of 11° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The asteroid was first observed at Palomar Observatory in March 1989. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Oizumi.[2]
Physical characteristics
Kumotori has been characterized as a rare L-type asteroid by Pan-STARRS' survey.[6] It is also assumed to be a carbonaceous C-type asteroid.[3]
Rotation period
In April 2012, a rotational lightcurve of Kumotori was obtained from photometric observations in the R-band by astronomers at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 4.634 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.33 magnitude (U=2).[5]
Diameter and albedo
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo for a carbonaceous asteroid of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 8.96 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 13.97.[3]
Naming
This minor planet was named after Mount Kumotori (雲取山 Kumotori-san). With an altitude of 2,017 metres (6,617 ft), it is the highest peak in the Tokyo metropolitan area, located at the boundary between Tokyo and Saitama and considered to be one of the 100 most celebrated mountains of Japan.[2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 9 November 2003 (M.P.C. 50251).[7]
References
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (10001)-(15000) – Minor Planet Center
- 11133 Kumotori at the JPL Small-Body Database