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5430 Luu

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5430 Luu, provisional designation 1988 JA1, is a stony Phocaea asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 12 May 1988, by American astronomer couple Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory, California, and later named after astronomer Jane Luu.[2][12]

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5430 Luu
Discovery [1]
Discovered byC. Shoemaker
E. M. Shoemaker
Discovery sitePalomar Obs.
Discovery date12 May 1988
Designations
(5430) Luu
Named after
Jane Luu
(American astronomer)[2]
1988 JA1 · 1970 OL
main-belt · Phocaea [3][4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc46.86 yr (17,114 days)
Aphelion2.8929 AU
Perihelion1.8356 AU
2.3642 AU
Eccentricity0.2236
3.64 yr (1,328 days)
20.073°
0° 16m 15.96s / day
Inclination23.894°
123.00°
122.11°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions6.508±0.029 km[5]
6.659±0.043[6]
7.63 km (calculated)[3]
8.05±0.22 km[7]
8.27±0.25 km[8]
4.44±0.05 h[9]
13.55±0.02 h[10]
0.212±0.012[7]
0.215±0.036[8][6]
0.23 (assumed)[3]
0.3826±0.0839[5]
S [3]
12.6[5] · 12.70[8] · 12.8[1][3][7] · 13.45±0.87[11]
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    Orbit and classification

    Luu is a member of the Phocaea family (701).[4] It orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 1.8–2.9 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,328 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.22 and an inclination of 24° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The first precovery was taken at Crimea–Nauchnij in 1970, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 18 years prior to its discovery.[12]

    Physical characteristics

    Luu has been characterized as a common S-type asteroid.[3]

    Rotation period

    In April 2006, photometric observations of Luu collected by American astronomer Brian D. Warner at his Palmer Divide Station, Colorado, show a rotation period of 13.55±0.02 hours with a brightness variation of 0.06±0.02 magnitude (U=2).[10] A second, tentative lightcurve was obtained by French astronomer René Roy in July 2007. It gave a period of 4.44±0.05 hours and an amplitude of 0.05 in magnitude (U=2-).[9]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Luu measures 6.5 and 8.3 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.21 and 0.26.[5][6][7][8]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.23 – derived from 25 Phocaea, the family's most massive member and namesake – and calculates a diameter of 7.6 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.8.[3]

    Naming

    This minor planet is named in honor of Vietnamese-American astronomer Jane X. Luu (born 1963) for her research and discovering the first and subsequent members of the Kuiper Belt.[13] She also studied the physical properties of these bodies and the coma of potentially Extinct comets.[2] The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 July 1996 (M.P.C. 27459).[14]

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