(39546) 1992 DT5 is a dark Hoffmeister asteroid and exceptionally slow rotator from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 5.3 kilometers (3.3 miles) in diameter. The likely elongated C-type asteroid was discovered on 29 February 1992, by the Uppsala–ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets at ESO's La Silla astronomical observatory site in northern Chile.[1]
Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | UESAC |
Discovery site | La Silla Obs. |
Discovery date | 29 February 1992 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (39546) 1992 DT5 |
Alternative designations | 1992 DT5 · 1999 TA162 |
Minor planet category | main-belt[1][2] · (middle)[3] Hoffmeister[4] |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 25.68 yr (9,378 d) |
Aphelion | 2.8587 AU |
Perihelion | 2.7254 AU |
Semi-major axis | 2.7921 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0239 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 4.67 yr (1,704 d) |
Mean anomaly | 276.01° |
Mean motion | 0° 12m 40.68s / day |
Inclination | 5.2622° |
Longitude of ascending node | 150.60° |
Argument of perihelion | 304.53° |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean diameter | 5.34 km (calculated)[3] |
Synodic rotation period | 1167±100 h[5] |
Geometric albedo | 0.057 (assumed)[3] |
Spectral type | C (assumed)[3] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.641±0.007 (R)[5] 14.7[2] 14.88±0.30[6] 15.09[3] |
1992 DT5 is an attributed member of the very compact Hoffmeister family (519), which, based upon its low albedo, was most likely formed from the breakup of a 50–100 kilometer-sized, carbon-rich parent body within the past several hundred million years.[7][8] The family consist of nearly 2000 known members and its namesake is the asteroid 1726 Hoffmeister.[9]
It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.7–2.9 AU once every 4 years and 8 months (1,704 days; semi-major axis of 2.79 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.02 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic.[2] The body's observation arc begins with its discovery observation at La Silla in February 1992.[1]
1992 DT5 is an assumed carbonaceous C-type asteroid.[3] The overall spectral type of the Hoffmeister family is that of an C- and F-type.[9]: 23
In September 2013, a rotational lightcurve for this asteroid was obtained from photometric observations in the R-band at the Palomar Transient Factory in California. It gave an exceptionally long rotation period of 1167 hours with an estimated error margin of ±100 hours. According to the Light Curve Data Base (LCDB),[3] it is the 8th slowest rotating minor planet known to exist. Due to its high brightness amplitude of 0.80 magnitude, the body has a likely elongated shape (U=2).[5]
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for carbonaceous asteroids of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 5.3 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 15.09.[3]
This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 26 May 2002 (M.P.C. 45660).[10] As of 2018, it has not been named.[1]
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