1339 Désagneauxa

1339 Désagneauxa, provisional designation 1934 XB, is a stony Eoan asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 24 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 December 1934, by French astronomer Louis Boyer at the North African Algiers Observatory in Algeria.^[13] A few nights later, the asteroid was independently discovered by astronomers Grigory Neujmin and Eugène Delporte, at the Crimean Simeiz and Belgian Uccle Observatory, respectively.^[2] It was later named after discoverer's brother-in-law.^[2]

1339 Désagneauxa

Modelled shape of Désagneauxa
Discovery[1]
Discovered by	L. Boyer
Discovery site	Algiers Obs.
Discovery date	4 December 1934
Designations
MPC designation	(1339) Désagneauxa
Named after	discoverer's brother-in-law[2]
Alternative designations	1934 XB · 1951 AF
Minor planet category	main-belt · Eos[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	82.57 yr (30,160 days)
Aphelion	3.1936 AU
Perihelion	2.8467 AU
Semi-major axis	3.0202 AU
Eccentricity	0.0574
Orbital period (sidereal)	5.25 yr (1,917 days)
Mean anomaly	260.48°
Mean motion	0° 11m 16.08s / day
Inclination	8.6903°
Longitude of ascending node	291.00°
Argument of perihelion	162.21°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	22.96±1.7 km[4] 23.04 km (derived)[3] 24.20±0.65 km[5] 24.450±0.209 km[6] 25.733±0.200 km[7]
Synodic rotation period	9.3209±0.0006 h[8] 9.37510±0.00005 h[9] 9.37514±0.00001 h[10] 9.380±0.003 h[11]
Geometric albedo	0.1274±0.0165[7] 0.144±0.024[6] 0.151±0.009[5] 0.1589±0.026[4] 0.1747 (derived)[3]
Spectral type	Tholen = S[1] · S[3] B–V = 0.790[1] U–B = 0.425[1]
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.30±0.23[12] · 10.7[1][3] · 10.81[4][5][7]

Orbit and classification

Désagneauxa is a member of the Eos family, which is thought to have formed from a catastrophic collision, disrupting its parent body into thousands of fragments. It is the 4th largest asteroid family with nearly 10,000 known members. The asteroid orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.8–3.2 AU once every 5 years and 3 months (1,917 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.06 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic.^[1] As no precovery were taken, and no prior identifications were made, the body's observation arc begins with its official discovery at Algiers in 1934.^[13]

Naming

This minor planet was named by the discoverer in honour of his brother-in-law.^[2] The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 122).^[2]

Physical characteristics

In the Tholen taxonomy, Désagneauxa is a stony S-type asteroid.^[1]

Rotation period

In August 2008, a rotational lightcurve of this asteroid was obtained by French amateur astronomer René Roy. Lightcurve analysis gave it a rotation period of 9.3209 hours with a change in brightness of 0.48 magnitude (U=2+).^[8] In November 2007, photometric observations at the U.S. Ricky Observatory (H46), Missouri, gave a refined period of 9.380 hours with an amplitude of 0.45 magnitude (U=3).^[11]

Spin axis

In addition modeled lightcurves, using photometric data from the Lowell photometric database and other sources, gave a period of 9.37510 and 9.37514 hours, as well as a spin axis of (n.a., 65.0°) and (63.0°, 53.0°) in ecliptic coordinates, respectively (U=n.a.).^[9][10]

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite, and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Désagneauxa measures between 22.96 and 25.73 kilometers in diameter, and its surface has an albedo between 0.127 and 0.159.^[4][5][6][7] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.1747 and a diameter of 23.04 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 10.7.^[3]