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2436 Hatshepsut

Main-belt asteroid

Field	Value
minorplanet	yes
name	2436 Hatshepsut
background	#D6D6D6
discovery_ref
discovered	24 September 1960
discoverer	C. J. van Houten
I. van Houten-G.
T. Gehrels
discovery_site	Palomar Obs.
mpc_name	(2436) Hatshepsut
alt_names	6066 P-L1963 DL

pronounced
named_after	Hatshepsut
(Egyptian pharaoh)
mp_category	main-beltouter
Hygiea
orbit_ref
epoch	4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
uncertainty	0
observation_arc	56.19 yr (20,525 days)
aphelion	3.4952 AU
perihelion	2.8672 AU
semimajor	3.1812 AU
eccentricity	0.0987
period	5.67 yr (2,072 days)
mean_anomaly	236.21°
mean_motion	/ day
inclination	4.1037°
asc_node	233.75°
arg_peri	293.38°
mean_diameter
rotation	8.9834 h
albedo
spectral_type	C (assumed)
abs_magnitude	12.212.67

I. van Houten-G. T. Gehrels

(Egyptian pharaoh) Hygiea

2436 Hatshepsut , provisional designation , is a Hygiean asteroid from the outer asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Cornelis van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory on 24 September 1960. It was named for pharaoh Hatshepsut.

Orbit and characterization

Hatshepsut is a member of the Hygiea family (601), a very large family of carbonaceous outer-belt asteroids, named after the fourth-largest asteroid, 10 Hygiea. It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.9–3.5 AU once every 5 years and 8 months (2,072 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic. Its orbit is only slightly eccentric and not much inclined to the ecliptic. The asteroid rotates around its axis every 9 hours.

Survey designation

The survey designation "P-L" stands for Palomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory and Leiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitful Palomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s. Gehrels used Palomar's Samuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory where astrometry was carried out. The trio are credited with the discovery of several thousand asteroid discoveries.

Naming

This minor planet named after the only female pharaoh to reign over ancient Egypt, Hatshepsut. The approved naming citation was published on 22 September 1983 (M.P.C. 8153).

References

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