88_Thisbe

88 Thisbe

88 Thisbe

Main-belt asteroid

Thisbe, minor planet designation 88 Thisbe, is the 13th largest main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on June 15, 1866, and named after Thisbe, heroine of a Roman fable. This asteroid is orbiting the Sun at a distance of 2.768 AU with a period of 4.60 years and an orbital eccentricity (ovalness) of 0.165. The orbital plane is inclined at an angle of 5.219° to the ecliptic.

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On October 7, 1981, asteroid 88 Thisbe was observed to occult the 9th-magnitude star SAO 187124 from 12 sites. The timing of the different chords across the asteroid provided a diameter estimate of 232±12 km. This is 10% larger than the diameter estimate based on radiometric techniques.[8][9][10] During 2000, 88 Thisbe was observed by radar from the Arecibo Observatory. The return signal matched an effective diameter of 207 ± 22 km. This is consistent with the asteroid dimensions computed through other means.[11]

Photometric observations of this asteroid during 1977 gave a light curve with a period of 6.0422 ± 0.006 hours and a brightness variation of 0.19 in magnitude.[6]

Perturbation

Thisbe has been perturbed by asteroid 7 Iris and in 2001 Michalak estimated it to have a mass of 15×1018 kg.[5][lower-alpha 1] But Iris is strongly perturbed by many minor planets such as 10 Hygiea and 15 Eunomia.[5]

In 2008, Baer estimated Thisbe to have a mass of 10.5×1018 kg.[4] In 2011 Baer revised this to 18.3×1018 kg with an uncertainty of 1.1×1018 kg.[4]

Notes

  1. (Low mass estimate of Thisbe 0.074 / Mass of Ceres 4.75) * Mass of Ceres 9.43×1020 = 1.47×1019

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    Michalak, G. (2001). "Determination of asteroid masses". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 374 (2): 703–711. Bibcode:2001A&A...374..703M. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010731. Retrieved 6 November 2008.
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    Schober, H. J.; et al. (April 1979), "Photoelectric photometry and rotation periods of three large and dark asteroids - 49 Pales, 88 Thisbe and 92 Undina", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series, vol. 36, pp. 1–8, Bibcode:1979A&AS...36....1S.
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    Millis, R. L.; et al. (February 1983), "The diameter of 88 THISBE from its occultation of SAO 187124", Astronomical Journal, 88: 229–235, Bibcode:1983AJ.....88..229M, doi:10.1086/113310, hdl:2060/19820025413.
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    Observed minor planet occultation events, version of 2005 July 26
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    Magri, Christopher; et al. (January 2007), "A radar survey of main-belt asteroids: Arecibo observations of 55 objects during 1999–2003", Icarus, 186 (1): 126–151, Bibcode:2007Icar..186..126M, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.018
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