2013 Tucapel
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Torres and J. Petit |
| Discovery site | Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station |
| Discovery date | 22 October 1971 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2013 Tucapel |
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Named after
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Battle of Tucapel[2] |
| 1971 UH4 · 1936 PL 1940 XC · 1942 EP1 1950 TP2 · 1969 AT 1974 MM · 1974 NA 1974 OJ |
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| main-belt · Flora [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 74.69 yr (27,279 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.8072 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7719 AU |
| 2.2895 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2260 |
| 3.46 yr (1,265 days) | |
| 262.98° | |
| Inclination | 7.5032° |
| 96.550° | |
| 238.19° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 12.16±0.75 km[4] 12.685±0.065 km[5] 10.61±0.72 km[6] 11.84 km (calculated)[3] |
| 9.028 h[7] | |
| 0.110±0.014[4] 0.1003±0.0179[5] 0.328±0.044[6] 0.24 (assumed)[3] |
|
| S [3] | |
| 11.8 | |
2013 Tucapel, provisional designation 1971 UH4, is a stony and eccentric asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 12 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Carlos Torres on exposures taken by J. Petit at the University of Chile's Cerro El Roble Astronomical Station on 22 October 1971.[8]
The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.8–2.8 AU once every three and a half years (1,265 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.23 and is tilted by 8 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 9.028 hours and an albedo in the range of 0.11–0.32, according to the to the surveys carried out by Akari and WISE/NEOWISE.[4][5][6]
Named for one of the brave chiefs of the Mapuche, indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, who, with his wife Gualeva, victoriously entered the city of Imperial. He died in 1560, fighting against the colonial Spaniards (also see Arauco War, Battle of Tucapel and Lautaro).[2]
References
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External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Geneve, Raoul Behrend
- 2013 Tucapel at the JPL Small-Body Database
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