47 Aglaja

47 Aglaja /əˈɡleɪ.ə/ is a large, dark main belt asteroid. It was discovered by Robert Luther on 15 September 1857 from Düsseldorf.^[8] The name was chosen by the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Bonn and refers to Aglaea, one of the Charites in Greek mythology.^[9] It was rendered Aglaia in English sources into the early 20th century, as 'i' and 'j' are equivalent in Latin names and in the Latin rendering of Greek names.^[2]

47 Aglaja

An image of Aglaja taken by the SDSS telescope on 13 October 1999. The minor planet was 1.7 AU from Earth at the time of photography.
Discovery
Discovered by	Robert Luther
Discovery date	September 15, 1857
Designations
MPC designation	(47) Aglaja
Pronunciation	/əˈɡleɪ.ə/[1]
Named after	Aglaea
Alternative designations	Aglaia[2]
Minor planet category	Main belt
Adjectives	Aglajan
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
Aphelion	488.740 Gm (3.267 AU)
Perihelion	372.222 Gm (2.488 AU)
Semi-major axis	430.481 Gm (2.878 AU)
Eccentricity	0.135
Orbital period (sidereal)	1,782.960 d (4.88 a)
Mean anomaly	225.007°
Inclination	4.985°
Longitude of ascending node	3.244°
Argument of perihelion	314.589°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	141.90 ± 8.72 km[4]
Mass	(3.25±1.68)×1018 kg[4]
Mean density	2.17 ± 1.19 g/cm3[4]
Synodic rotation period	13.175[5] h
Geometric albedo	0.080 [6]
Spectral type	C (Tholen) B (SMASSII)[7]
Absolute magnitude (H)	7.84

Based upon its spectrum, 47 Aglaja is listed as a C-type asteroid under the Tholen classification taxonomy, indicating a carbonaceous composition. The SMASS classification system rates it as a rare B-type asteroid. There is a broad absorption feature at 1 μm that is associated with the presence of magnetite and is what gives the asteroid its blue tint.^[7]

On 16 September 1984, the star SAO 146599 was occulted by 47 Aglaja. This event was observed from 13 sites in the continental United States, allowing a cross-sectional profile to be determined. Based upon this study, the asteroid has a diameter of 136.4 ± 1.2 km. The geometric albedo calculated at the time of the occultation was 0.071 ± 0.002.^[10]

2012 photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico gave a light curve with a period of 13.175 ± 0.002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.09 ± 0.01 in magnitude. This result is in agreement with previous studies.^[5]

References

1. 'Aglaia' in Noah Webster (1884) A Practical Dictionary of the English Language
2. John Craig (1869) The Universal English Dictionary
   Benjamin Smith (1903) The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
3. Yeomans, Donald K., "47 Aglaja", JPL Small-Body Database Browser, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, retrieved 7 April 2013.
4. Carry, B. (December 2012), "Density of asteroids", Planetary and Space Science, vol. 73, pp. 98–118, arXiv:1203.4336, Bibcode:2012P&SS...73...98C, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2012.03.009. See Table 1.
5. Pilcher, Frederick (October 2012), "Rotation Period Determinations for 47 Aglaja, 252 Clementina, 611 Valeria, 627 Charis, and 756 Lilliana", Minor Planet Bulletin, vol. 39, pp. 220–222, Bibcode:2012MPBu...39..220P.
6. "Asteroid Data Sets". Archived from the original on 17 December 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2007.
7. Yang, Bin; Jewitt, David (September 2010), "Identification of Magnetite in B-type Asteroids", The Astronomical Journal, vol. 140, no. 3, pp. 692–698, arXiv:1006.5110, Bibcode:2010AJ....140..692Y, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/3/692.
8. "Numbered Minor Planets 1–5000", Discovery Circumstances, IAU Minor Planet center, retrieved 7 April 2013.
9. Schmadel, Lutz (2003), Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.), Germany: Springer, p. 19, ISBN 3-540-00238-3, retrieved 29 December 2008.
10. Millis, R. L.; et al. (October 1989), "The diameter, shape, albedo, and rotation of 47 Aglaja", Icarus, vol. 81, pp. 375–385, Bibcode:1989Icar...81..375M, doi:10.1016/0019-1035(89)90058-4. See Table 1.

External links

• This is an image of Aglaja taken by the SDSS telescope on 13 October 1999 when it was 1.7 AU from Earth/Fermats Brother
• 47 Aglaja at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 47 Aglaja at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters