Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21733302m&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #333.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
The near-Earth asteroid 2010 CN141 was discovered by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) in February 2010, with follow-up observations from Mauna Kea by M. Micheli, G. T. Elliott, and D. J. Tholen from February to April. 2010 CN141's low visual albedo and its proximity to Earth caught the attention of observers, and it was selected for more detailed analysis. Its orbit brought it back into WISE's field of view in May, though it was near WISE's detection limit, and it was uncertain whether the asteroid would actually be visible. Subsequent analysis of the relevant WISE frames revealed a faint spot inside the error ellipse that was probably but not conclusively 2010 CN141. The spot was about three arcseconds from the asteroid's expected position. An independent observation from Mauna Kea in April also found a faint object, which was likely 2010 CN141, near the expected coordinates. Thermal modeling of the February observations, using both the Standard Thermal Model (which assumes slow rotation) and the Fast-Rotating Model, indicates that the asteroid has a diameter of 287 m ± 18 m (random) ± 29 m (systematic), a visual geometric albedo of 0.0252 ± 0.0040 (random) ± 0.0051 (systematic), and a bolometric Bond albedo of 0.0099 ± 0.0016 (random) ± 0.0020 (systematic). 2010 CN141 will come relatively close to Earth in the fall of 2011, and there will be good opportunities to observe it for several months.
Marshall Sean
Wright Louis E.
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