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Rotation period determination of NASA Lucy mission target (52246) Donaldjohanson
Ferrais, Marin; Jehin, Emmanuel; Manfroid, Jean et al.
2021In Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 53 (7), p. 306.19
 

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Abstract :
[en] (52246) Donaldjohanson is a small 4 km in diameter main-belt asteroid, and a C-type belonging to the Erigone collisional family [1]. The Lucy Mission is a NASA Discovery class mission that will launch a spacecraft in October 2021 to explore several Jupiter Trojan asteroids. On its way to Jupiter's orbit, Lucy will first encounter Donaldjohanson in 2025. However, few physical characteristics are known about this body at present time. <P />Here, we present new photometric observations of Donaldjohanson acquired from November 2020 to February 2021 with the two 60-cm TRAPPIST telescopes [3]. During this apparition, we obtained 91 individual series that revealed a very slow rotator featuring a large amplitude of the rotational lightcurve. We determined a rotation period of ~252 h and an amplitude of ~1 magnitude. <P />References: <P />[1] Nesvorný, D., Broz, M., Carruba, V., et al., 2015, In: Asteroids IV, pp. 297-321 <P />[2] Marchi, S., Levison, H., Olkin, C., et al., 2020, EPSC, 163 <P />[3] Jehin, E., Gillon, M., Queloz, D., et al., 2011, The Messenger, 145, 2
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Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Ferrais, Marin ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Origines Cosmologiques et Astrophysiques (OrCa)
Jehin, Emmanuel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Origines Cosmologiques et Astrophysiques (OrCa)
Manfroid, Jean  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Moulane, Youssef  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Origines Cosmologiques et Astrophysiques (OrCa)
Barkaoui, Khalid ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Exotic
Benkhaldoun, Zouhair;  Oukaimeden Observatory, High Energy Physics and Astrophysics Laboratory, Cadi Ayyad University)
Language :
English
Title :
Rotation period determination of NASA Lucy mission target (52246) Donaldjohanson
Publication date :
01 October 2021
Event name :
AAS Division of Planetary Science meeting #53
Event date :
3-8 October 2021
Audience :
International
Journal title :
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Volume :
53
Issue :
7
Pages :
306.19
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