25 Phocaea
Lightcurve-base 3D-model of Phocaea
Discovery [1][2]
Discovered byJ. Chacornac
Discovery siteMarseille Obs.
Discovery date6 April 1853
Designations
(25) Phocaea
Pronunciation/foʊˈsiːə/[3]
Named after
Phōcæa [4]
(ancient Greek city)
1956 GC
main-belt · (inner)
Phocaea [5][6]
AdjectivesPhocaean /foʊˈsiːən/[7]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc157.44 yr (57,504 days)
Aphelion3.0104 AU
Perihelion1.7899 AU
2.4001 AU
Eccentricity0.2543
3.72 yr (1,358 days)
13.891°
0° 15m 54.36s / day
Inclination21.606°
214.14°
90.245°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions61.05±2.46 km[8]
61.054±2.463 km[8]
71 km[9]
75.13±3.6 km[5][10]
80.19±4.66 km[11]
82±8 km[12]
83.21±0.96 km[13]
Mass(5.99 ± 0.60) × 1017 kg[11]
Mean density
2.21±0.44 g/cm3[11]
9.92±0.05 h[14]
9.9341±0.0002 h[15]
9.935±0.003 h[16]
9.945±0.002 h[17]
9.945 h[18]
9.95±0.01 h[14]
0.189±0.005[13]
0.2310±0.024[5][10]
0.350±0.046[8]
Tholen = S [1]
SMASS = S [1][5] · S [19]
B–V = 0.932 [1]
U–B = 0.513 [1]
7.83[1][5][8][10][13] · 7.90±0.25[20]

Phocaea /foʊˈsiːə/ (minor planet designation: 25 Phocaea) is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 75 kilometers in diameter. It is the parent body of the Phocaea family. Discovered by Jean Chacornac in 1853, it was named after the ancient Greek city of Phocaea.

Discovery and naming

Phocaea was discovered on 6 April 1853, by French astronomer Jean Chacornac at Marseille Observatory in southern France.[2] It was his first asteroid discovery out of a total of six.[citation needed] The asteroid was named after the ancient Ionian Greek city of Phocaea, modern-day Foça in Turkey, where the founders of Marseille came from.[4] The naming was proposed by French astronomer Benjamin Valz.[4]

Classification and orbit

Phocaea is the parent body and namesake of the Phocaea family (701), a large asteroid family of stony asteroids in the inner main belt.[6][21]: 23 

It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.8–3.0 AU once every 3 years and 9 months (1,358 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.25 and an inclination of 22° with respect to the ecliptic.[1] The body's observation arc begins at Vienna Observatory in March 1860, almost 7 years after its official discovery observation at Marseille.[2]

Physical characteristics

Phocaea is a stony S-type asteroid in both the Tholen and SMASS classification,[1] and has also been characterized as such by others.[19]

Photometric observations of this asteroid at the Organ Mesa Observatory in Las Cruces, New Mexico during 2010 gave a lightcurve with a period of 9.9341 ± 0.0002 hours. The brightness near the deepest minimum of the light curve showed changes with phase angle, which is the result of shadows extending across surface irregularities.[15] Several other lightcurves have also been obtained.[5]

Phocaea has also been studied by radar.[22]

According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Phocaea measures between 61.05 and 83.21 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.189 and 0.350.[8][9][10][12][13]

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link adopts the results obtained by IRAS, that is, an albedo of 0.2310 and a diameter of 75.13 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 7.83.[5]

The asteroid has a mass of (5.99 ± 0.60) × 1017 kilograms and a mean density of 2.21±0.44 grams per cubic centimeters, which lies approximately in between the density of limestone and concrete/gravel.[11]

References

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  6. ^ a b "Asteroid 25 Phocaea". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Phocæan". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)
  8. ^ a b c d e Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; et al. (November 2012). "Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 759 (1): 5. arXiv:1209.5794. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759L...8M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
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  12. ^ a b Lim, Lucy F.; McConnochie, Timothy H.; Bell, James F.; Hayward, Thomas L. (February 2005). "Thermal infrared (8 13 mum) spectra of 29 asteroids: the Cornell Mid-Infrared Asteroid Spectroscopy (MIDAS) Survey". Icarus. 173 (2): 385–408. Bibcode:2005Icar..173..385L. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.08.005. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  13. ^ a b c d 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)
  14. ^ a b Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (25) Phocaea". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  15. ^ a b Pilcher, Frederick (April 2011). "Rotation Period Determinations for 25 Phocaea, 140 Siwa, 149 Medusa 186 Celuta, 475 Ocllo, 574 Reginhild, and 603 Timandra". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 38 (2): 76–78. Bibcode:2011MPBu...38...76P. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  16. ^ Pilcher, Frederick (October 2009). "New Lightcurves of 8 Flora, 13 Egeria, 14 Irene, 25 Phocaea 40 Harmonia, 74 Galatea, and 122 Gerda". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 36 (4): 133–136. Bibcode:2009MPBu...36..133P. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  17. ^ Buchheim, Robert K. (September 2007). "Lightcurves of 25 Phocaea, 468 Lina, 482 Petrina 551 Ortrud, 741 Botolphia, 834 Burnhamia, 2839 Annette, and 3411 Debetencourt". The Minor Planet Bulletin. 34 (3): 68–71. Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...68B. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
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  20. ^ Veres, Peter; Jedicke, Robert; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Denneau, Larry; Granvik, Mikael; Bolin, Bryce; et al. (November 2015). "Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results". Icarus. 261: 34–47. arXiv:1506.00762. Bibcode:2015Icar..261...34V. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
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