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1079 Mimosa

Main-belt asteroid

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
name	1079 Mimosa
background	#D6D6D6
discovery_ref
discoverer	G. van Biesbroeck
discovery_site	Yerkes Obs.
discovered	14 January 1927
mpc_name	(1079) Mimosa
alt_names	1927 AD1961 AM
pronounced
named_after	Mimosa (flowering plant)
mp_category	main-belt(outer)
KoronisKarin
orbit_ref
epoch	4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
uncertainty	0
observation_arc	90.80 yr (33,165 days)
aphelion	3.0127 AU
perihelion	2.7332 AU
semimajor	2.8729 AU
eccentricity	0.0486
period	4.87 yr (1,779 days)
mean_anomaly	253.25°
mean_motion	/ day
inclination	1.1764°
asc_node	329.37°
arg_peri	106.35°
dimensions	km
20.67 km (derived)
km
rotation	h
h
h
albedo	0.1332 (derived)

spectral_type	Tholen SS
B–V 0.800
U–B 0.393
abs_magnitude	11.111.2011.23

KoronisKarin 20.67 km (derived) km h h

B–V 0.800 U–B 0.393

1079 Mimosa, provisional designation , is a stony Karin or Koronian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 20 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 14 January 1927, by Belgian–American astronomer George Van Biesbroeck at the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. The asteroid was named after the flowering plant Mimosa.

Orbit and classification

Based on the Hierarchical Clustering Method, which uses the object's proper orbital elements, Mimosa is a member of the stony Karin family (610), a mid-sized asteroid family named after its parent body 832 Karin. The asteroid has also been grouped into the much larger Koronis family (605).

Mimosa orbits the Sun in the outer asteroid belt at a distance of 2.7–3.0 AU once every 4 years and 10 months (1,779 days; semi-major axis of 2.87 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.05 and an inclination of 1° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Williams Bay in January 1927.

Physical characteristics

In the Tholen classification, Mimosa is a stony S-type asteroid, which matches the overall spectral type of both the Karin and Koronis family. Pan-STARRS photometric survey also characterized the asteroid as a common S-type.

Rotation period

Several fragmentary rotational lightcurves of Mimosa have been obtained from photometric observations since 1983. Lightcurve analysis gave a consolidated rotation period of 64.6 hours with a brightness amplitude between 0.07 and 0.13 magnitude (). While not being a slow rotator, this is a notably longer-than average period as most asteroids take less than 20 hours to complete a full rotation. However, the period is based on a fragmentary lightcurve and still may change significantly. As of 2017, no secure period has been obtained.

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS (PDS IMPS) and the Japanese Akari satellite, Mimosa measures between 19.01 and 20.69 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.1367 and 0.174. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.1332 and a diameter of 20.67 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 11.23.

Naming

This minor planet was named after the flowering plant Mimosa, a genus of herbs and shrubs of the legume family Fabaceae (also see list of minor planets named after animals and plants). The official naming citation was mentioned in The Names of the Minor Planets by Paul Herget in 1955 (H 102).

References

{{OED. mimosa

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