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2572 Annschnell, provisional designation 1950 DL, is a background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 17 February 1950, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany, and named after Austrian astronomer Anneliese Schnell.

Classification and orbit

Annschnell is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population, located near the region of the Vesta family in the inner asteroid belt. It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,351 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.15 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Heidelberg, as no precoveries were taken, and no prior identifications were made.

Naming

This minor planet was named after Austrian astronomer Anneliese Schnell (1941–2015) at the Vienna Observatory. She was the first woman on the board of the Astronomische Gesellschaft, an international society for German-speaking astronomers, since its founding in 1863. As a stellar astronomer, her research included central stars of planetary nebulae, CP stars, binaries and different types of variable stars.

In the 1990s, she became a member of the Working Group for the History of Astronomy of the Astronomische Gesellschaft, where she also works on problems in the history of astronomy, in particular on the meaning of the names and on the discovery circumstances of Johann Palisa's discoveries.

Proposed by Lutz Schmadel and endorsed by Edward Bowell and Brian Marsden, the approved naming citation was prepared by Schmadel and published by the Minor Planet Center on 21 November 1991 (M.P.C. 19333).

Physical characteristics

According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Annschnell measures 3.424 kilometers in diameter and its surface has a high albedo of 0.658, while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for carbonaceous asteroids of 0.057 and consequently calculates a much larger diameter of 12.18 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 13.3. PanSTARRS' large-scale photometric survey has classified Annschnell as a CX-subtype, an intermediary group between the carbonaceous C- and core X-type asteroids.

In May 2006, the first and only rotational lightcurve of Annschnell was obtained from photometric observations by French amateur astronomer Laurent Bernasconi. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 6.328 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.76 magnitude (U=2+). The high amplitude indicates that the body has a non-spheroidal shape.

References

1. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2572 Annschnell (1950 DL)" (2017-06-02 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(2572) Annschnell". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2572) Annschnell. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 210. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2573. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ 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 6 April 2017.
5. ^ "LCDB Data for (2572) Annschnell". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 6 April 2017.
6. Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (2572) Annschnell". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
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 6 April 2017.
8. ^ "2572 Annschnell (1950 DL)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
9. Werner Weiss; Helmut Jenkner (14 September 2015). "Anneliese Schnell, a member of the A-star community, recently passed away". A peculiar Newsletter – Working Group on Ap and Related Stars, IAU. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
10. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 April 2017.

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 (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
• 2572 Annschnell at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 2572 Annschnell at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

• Minor planet object articles (numbered)
• Background asteroids
• Discoveries by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
• Named minor planets
• Astronomical objects discovered in 1950