826 Henrika

826 Henrika (prov. designation: A916 HD or 1916 ZO) is a background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered by German astronomer Max Wolf at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory on 28 April 1916.^[1] The carbonaceous C-type asteroid has a rotation period of 5.98 hours and measures approximately 21 kilometers (13 miles) in diameter. Any reference to the origin of the asteroid's name is unknown.^[2]

826 Henrika

Discovery [1]
Discovered by	M. F. Wolf
Discovery site	Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date	28 April 1916
Designations
MPC designation	(826) Henrika
Named after	unknown [2]
Alternative designations	A916 HD · 1930 MG 1934 HE · 1935 SW1 1948 PJ1 · 1957 QC 1962 UK · 1962 VC 1916 ZO
Minor planet category	main-belt [1][3] · (middle) background [4][5]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	103.52 yr (37,809 d)
Aphelion	3.2705 AU
Perihelion	2.1532 AU
Semi-major axis	2.7119 AU
Eccentricity	0.2060
Orbital period (sidereal)	4.47 yr (1,631 d)
Mean anomaly	51.962°
Mean motion	0° 13m 14.52s / day
Inclination	7.1048°
Longitude of ascending node	230.22°
Argument of perihelion	36.697°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter	19.28±2.3 km[6] 21.83±0.43 km[7] 22.556±0.258 km[8]
Synodic rotation period	5.9846±0.0001 h[9][a]
Geometric albedo	0.114±0.005[7] 0.1435±0.042[6] 0.166±0.025[8]
Spectral type	SMASS = C [3] undefined (MOVIS)[10]
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.6[1][3]

Orbit and classification

Henrika is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population when applying the hierarchical clustering method to its proper orbital elements.^[4][5] It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 2.2–3.3 AU once every 4 years and 6 months (1,631 days; semi-major axis of 2.71 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.21 and an inclination of 7° with respect to the ecliptic.^[3] The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg Observatory on 2 July 1921, more than five years after its official discovery observation.^[1]

Naming

Any reference of this minor planet's name to a person or occurrence is unknown.^[2]

Unknown meaning

Among the many thousands of named minor planets, Henrika is one of 120 asteroids for which no official naming citation has been published. All of these asteroids have low numbers, the first one being 164 Eva. The last asteroid with a name of unknown meaning is 1514 Ricouxa. They were discovered between 1876 and the 1930s, predominantly by astronomers Auguste Charlois, Johann Palisa, Max Wolf and Karl Reinmuth.^[11]

Physical characteristics

In the Bus–Binzel SMASS classification, Henrika is a common, carbonaceous C-type asteroid,^[3][5] with an untypically high albedo (see below) for such spectral class. In a taxonomic classification based on MOVIS near-infrared colors, Henrika could not be assigned a final class and was labelled as undefined (U).^[10]

Rotation period

In April 210, a rotational lightcurve of Henrika was obtained from six nights of photometric observations by Frederick Pilcher at the Organ Mesa Observatory (G50) in New Mexico. Analysis of the classically shaped bimodal lightcurve gave a well-defined rotation period of 5.9846±0.0001 hours with a brightness variation of 0.26±0.02 magnitude (U=3).^[9][a] During the same apparition, a virtually identical period of 5.9840±0.0003 hours with an amplitude of 0.26±0.02 magnitude (U=3) was determined by Kenda Albers and colleges of the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory (E09) in Australia.^[12]

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, and the Japanese Akari satellite, and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), Henrika measures (19.28±2.3), (21.83±0.43) and (22.556±0.258) kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of (0.1435±0.042), (0.114±0.005) and (0.166±0.025), respectively.^[6][7][8]

Alternative mean-diameters published by the WISE team include (14.92±4.26 km), (20.44±0.58 km) and (24.119±0.254 km) with corresponding albedos of (0.14±0.16), (0.07±0.01) and (0.0917±0.0172).^[5] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.1103 and a diameter of 19.15 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 11.6.^[13] An asteroid occultations of Henrika from 19 January 2010, gave a best-fit ellipse dimension of (19.0 km × 19.0 km).^[5] These timed observations are taken when the asteroid passes in front of a distant star.

Notes

1. Lightcurve plot of (826) Henrika, by Frederick Pilcher (2010). Rotation period 5.9846±0.0001 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.26±0.02 mag. Quality code of 3. Summary figures and more information at the ASLC website and at the LCDB.

References

1. "826 Henrika (A916 HD)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "(826) Henrika". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 76. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_827. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
3. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 826 Henrika (A916 HD)" (2019-10-09 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
4. "Asteroid 826 Henrika – Proper Elements". AstDyS-2, Asteroids – Dynamic Site. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
5. "Asteroid 826 Henrika". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
6. Tedesco, E. F.; Noah, P. V.; Noah, M.; Price, S. D. (October 2004). "IRAS Minor Planet Survey V6.0". NASA Planetary Data System. 12: IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Bibcode:2004PDSS...12.....T. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
7. Usui, Fumihiko; Kuroda, Daisuke; Müller, Thomas G.; Hasegawa, Sunao; Ishiguro, Masateru; Ootsubo, Takafumi; et al. (October 2011). "Asteroid Catalog Using Akari: AKARI/IRC Mid-Infrared Asteroid Survey". Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan. 63 (5): 1117–1138. Bibcode:2011PASJ...63.1117U. doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. (online, AcuA catalog p. 153)
8. Mainzer, A. K.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Grav, T.; Kramer, E. A.; Masiero, J. R.; et al. (June 2016). "NEOWISE Diameters and Albedos V1.0". NASA Planetary Data System. Bibcode:2016PDSS..247.....M. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
9. Pilcher, Frederick (October 2010). "Rotation Period Determinations for 80 Sappho, 145 Adeona, 217 Eudora, 274 Philagoria, 567 Eleutheria, and 826 Henrika" (PDF). Minor Planet Bulletin. 37 (4): 148–149. Bibcode:2010MPBu...37..148P. ISSN 1052-8091.
10. Popescu, M.; Licandro, J.; Carvano, J. M.; Stoicescu, R.; de León, J.; Morate, D.; et al. (September 2018). "Taxonomic classification of asteroids based on MOVIS near-infrared colors". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 617: A12. arXiv:1807.00713. Bibcode:2018A&A...617A..12P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833023. ISSN 0004-6361. (VizieR online cat, Class note)
11. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2007). "Appendix 11 – Minor Planet Names with Unknown Meaning". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – Fifth Revised and Enlarged revision. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 927–929. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
12. Albers, Kenda; Kragh, Katherine; Monnier, Adam; Pligge, Zachary; Stolze, Kellen; West, Josh; et al. (October 2010). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory: 2009 October thru 2010 April" (PDF). Minor Planet Bulletin. 37 (4): 152–158. Bibcode:2010MPBu...37..152A. ISSN 1052-8091.
13. "LCDB Data for (826) Henrika". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 10 March 2020.

External links

• Lightcurve Database Query (LCDB), at www.minorplanet.info
• Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
• Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
• 826 Henrika at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 826 Henrika at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters