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17198 Gorjup (provisional designation 2000 AA₃₁) is a stony Flora asteroid and asteroid pair from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 2.7 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 January 2000, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research team at the Lincoln Laboratory Experimental Test Site in Socorro, New Mexico, United States. The asteroid was named for Slovenian Niko Gorjup, a 2003 awardee of the ISEF contest.

Orbit and classification

Gorjup is a member of the Flora family, one of the largest families of stony asteroids. It orbits the Sun in the inner main belt at a distance of 2.0–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 5 months (1,257 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 3° concerning the ecliptic.

The asteroid was first identified as 1990 EH₆ at ESO's La Silla Observatory in March 1990, extending the body's observation arc by almost 10 years before its official discovery observation at Socorro.

Physical characteristics

Diameter estimate

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from 8 Flora the family's largest member and namesake – and calculates a diameter of 2.71 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 15.0.

Asteroid pair

Gorjup is a paired asteroid with (229056) 2004 FC₁₂₆. It is thought that asteroid pairs are formed by a single parent body, that broke up into a proto-binary system due to its rotation. Soon after, such systems disrupt their own internal dynamics into pairs.

Lightcurve

A rotational light curve of Gorjup was obtained from photometric observations made by Czech astronomer Petr Pravec at Ondřejov Observatory in August 2008. The lightcurve gave a well-defined rotation period of 3.2430 hours with a brightness variation of 0.12 magnitude (U=3).

Naming

This minor planet was named after Slovenian Niko Gorjup (born 1984) an awardee in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in 2003. At the time, he attended the Solski Center Nova Gorica, Gimnazija, Nova Gorica, Slovenia. The approved naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 14 June 2004 (M.P.C. 52173).

References

1. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 17198 Gorjup (2000 AA31)" (2017-01-24 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2006). "(17198) Gorjup ". Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (17198) Gorjup, Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2003–2005. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 108. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-34361-5_1144. ISBN 978-3-540-34360-8.
3. ^ "LCDB Data for (17198) Gorjup". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 17 May 2016.
4. ^ Pravec, P.; Vokrouhlický, D.; Polishook, D.; Scheeres, D. J.; Harris, A. W.; Galád, A.; et al. (August 2010). "Formation of asteroid pairs by rotational fission". Nature. 466 (7310): 1085–1088.(NatureHomepage). arXiv:1009.2770. Bibcode:2010Natur.466.1085P. doi:10.1038/nature09315. PMID 20740010. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
5. ^ "17198 Gorjup (2000 AA31)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
6. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 17 May 2016.

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 (15001)-(20000) – Minor Planet Center
• 17198 Gorjup at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 17198 Gorjup at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

• Minor planet object articles (numbered)
• Flora asteroids
• Discoveries by LINEAR
• Named minor planets
• Astronomical objects discovered in 2000