Main-belt asteroid
Atala (minor planet designation : 152 Atala ) is a large main belt asteroid that was discovered by brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on 2 November 1875, but the discovery was credited to Paul. It is a type D asteroid, meaning that it is composed of carbon , organic rich silicates and possibly water ice.
The asteroid is named for the eponymous heroine of the 1801 novella Atala by François-René de Chateaubriand .[8] The Henry brothers also named the last of their discoveries, 186 Celuta , after another Chateaubriand heroine.[9] Both Atala and Céluta are American Indian fictional characters.[10]
An occultation of a star by Atala was observed from Japan on 11 March 1994. Subsequent occultations have been observed as recently as 2006.[citation needed ]
Photometric of this asteroid made in 1981 gave a light curve with a period of 5.282 ± 0.004 hours with a brightness variation of 0.50 in magnitude .[11]
References
^ Hardard's Numbered MPs
^ "The Asteroid Orbital Elements Database" . astorb . Lowell Observatory .
^ Yeomans, Donald K., "152 Atala" , JPL Small-Body Database Browser , NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory , retrieved 12 May 2016 .
^ Ďurech, Josef; Kaasalainen, Mikko; Herald, David; Dunham, David; Timerson, Brad; Hanuš, Josef; et al. (2011). "Combining asteroid models derived by lightcurve inversion with asteroidal occultation silhouettes" (PDF) . Icarus . 214 (2): 652–670. arXiv :1104.4227 . Bibcode :2011Icar..214..652D . doi :10.1016/j.icarus.2011.03.016 . Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2012 .
^ Asterodoccultation.com Archived 2006-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
^ Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science , vol. 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv :1203.4336 , Bibcode :2012P&SS...73...98C , doi :10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009 . See Table 1.
^ SPIFF LCSUMPUB
^ Schmadel, Lutz D. ; International Astronomical Union (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names . Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag . p. 29. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3 .
^ Schmadel, Lutz D. ; International Astronomical Union (2012). Dictionary of minor planet names (6th ed.). Berlin; New York: Springer-Verlag. p. 29. ISBN 9783642297182 . Retrieved 4 April 2014 .
^ Chateaubriand, François-René (1801). Atala . ; Chateaubriand, François-René (1802). René .
^ Schober, H. J. (July 1983), "The large C-type asteroids 146 Lucina and 410 Chloris, and the small S-type asteroids 152 Atala and 631 Philippina - Rotation periods and lightcurves", Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series , 53 : 71–75, Bibcode :1983A&AS...53...71S .
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