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520 Franziska, provisional designation 1903 MV, is an Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 27 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 27 October 1903, by astronomers Max Wolf and Paul Götz at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany. The origin of the asteroid's name is unknown.

Orbit and classification

Franziska is a member the Eos family (606), the largest outer-belt asteroid family consisting of nearly 10,000 known members. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.7–3.3 AU once every 5 years and 3 months (1,902 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.11 and an inclination of 11° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins one day after its official discovery observation at Heidelberg.

Physical characteristics

In the Tholen classification, Franziska's spectral type is ambiguous. It is closest to a common C-type, and somewhat similar to the rare and also carbonaceous G-type asteroids (CG). The spectrum has also been labelled as "unusual" by Tholen (U). For a carbonaceous asteroid, it has a relatively high albedo (see below).

Rotation period

In December 2013, a rotational lightcurve of Franziska was obtained from photometric observations by American astronomer Frederick Pilcher at the Organ Mesa Observatory (G50) in New Mexico. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 16.507 hours with a brightness variation of 0.35 magnitude (U=3). The result supersedes Richard Binzel's previously obtained lightcurve from May 1985, which gave a period of 14.0 hours and an amplitude of 0.53 magnitude (U=2).

Poles

Two lightcurves, published in 2016, using modeled photometric data from the Lowell Photometric Database (LPD) and other sources, gave a concurring period of 16.5044 and 16.5045 hours, respectively. Each modeled lightcurve also determined two spin axes of (122.0°, −50.0°) and (301.0°, −59.0°), as well as (282.0°, −79.0°) and (114.0°, −45.0°) in ecliptic coordinates (λ, β), respectively.

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Franziska measures between 25.261 and 28.67 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.1226 and 0.147.

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.1143 and a diameter of 28.61 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.69.

Naming

Any reference of this minor planet's name to a person or occurrence is unknown. "Franziska" is a common German female name and was proposed by the second discoverer Paul Götz in 1905 (AN 169, 363).

Unknown meaning

Among the many thousands of named minor planets, Franziska is one of 120 asteroids, for which no official naming citation has been published. All of these low-numbered asteroids have numbers between 164 Eva and 1514 Ricouxa and were discovered between 1876 and the 1930s, predominantly by astronomers Auguste Charlois, Johann Palisa, Max Wolf and Karl Reinmuth.

References

1. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 520 Franziska (1903 MV)" (2016-08-20 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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6. ^ Masiero, Joseph R.; Grav, T.; Mainzer, A. K.; Nugent, C. R.; Bauer, J. M.; Stevenson, R.; et al. (August 2014). "Main-belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE: Near-infrared Albedos". The Astrophysical Journal. 791 (2): 11. arXiv:1406.6645. Bibcode:2014ApJ...791..121M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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10. ^ Binzel, R. P. (October 1987). "A photoelectric survey of 130 asteroids". Icarus. 72 (1): 135–208. Bibcode:1987Icar...72..135B. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(87)90125-4. ISSN 0019-1035. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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13. ^ Pilcher, Frederick (July 2014). "Lightcurves and Derived Rotation Periods for 18 Melpomene, 234 Barbara 236 Honoria, 520 Franziska, and 525 Adelaide". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 41 (3): 155–156. Bibcode:2014MPBu...41..155P. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
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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
• 520 Franziska at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 520 Franziska at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

• Minor planet object articles (numbered)
• Eos asteroids
• Discoveries by Max Wolf
• Discoveries by Paul Götz
• Named minor planets
• CGU-type asteroids (Tholen)
• Astronomical objects discovered in 1903