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24260 Kriváň (provisional designation 1999 XW₁₂₇) is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Slovak astronomer Peter Kušnirák at the Czech Ondřejov Observatory on 13 December 1999, and named after the Kriváň mountain peak in Slovakia.

Orbit and classification

The asteroid is a member of the Eunomia family, a large group of stony S-type asteroids and the most prominent family in the intermediate main-belt. It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 2.3–2.9 AU once every 4 years and 2 months (1,530 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.13 and an inclination of 14° with respect to the ecliptic. The first precovery was taken at the Australian Siding Spring Observatory in 1976, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 23 years prior to its discovery.

Physical characteristics

In December 2011, a rotational light curve was obtained for this asteroid from photometric observation by U.S. astronomer James W. Brinsfield at the Via Observatory in Thousand Oaks, California. It gave a well-defined rotation period of 3.318±0.001 hours with a brightness variation of 0.42 in magnitude (U=3).

According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, the asteroid measures 8.3 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.28, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo of 0.21 – derived from 15 Eunomia, the family's largest member and namesake – and calculates a diameter of 8.4 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.7.

Naming

This minor planet was named after the Kriváň mountain (2,494 metres (8,182 ft)), located in the High Tatras of Slovakia. It is considered to be the country's most beautiful peak and one of its national symbols. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 4 August 2001 (M.P.C. 43194).

References

1. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 24260 Krivan (1999 XW127)" (2017-06-05 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(24260) Kriváň". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (24260) Kriváň. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 874. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_9769. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
3. ^ "LCDB Data for (24260) Krivan". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 17 August 2016.
4. ^ Mainzer, A.; Grav, T.; Masiero, J.; Hand, E.; Bauer, J.; Tholen, D.; et al. (November 2011). "NEOWISE Studies of Spectrophotometrically Classified Asteroids: Preliminary Results". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 25. arXiv:1109.6407. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...90M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90.
5. ^ Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Dailey, J.; et al. (November 2011). "Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 20. arXiv:1109.4096. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...68M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
6. ^ Brinsfield, James W. (April 2012). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Via Capote Observatory: 2011 Apr-Dec". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 39 (2): 55–57. Bibcode:2012MPBu...39...55B. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
7. Veres, Peter; Jedicke, Robert; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Denneau, Larry; Granvik, Mikael; Bolin, Bryce; et al. (November 2015). "Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results". Icarus. 261: 34–47. arXiv:1506.00762. Bibcode:2015Icar..261...34V. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
8. ^ "24260 Krivan (1999 XW127)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
9. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

External links

• Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
• Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
• Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
• Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (20001)-(25000) – Minor Planet Center
• 24260 Kriváň at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 24260 Kriváň at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

• Minor planet object articles (numbered)
• Eunomia asteroids
• Discoveries by Peter Kušnirák
• Named minor planets
• Astronomical objects discovered in 1999