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21062 Iasky (provisional designation 1991 JW₁) is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers (12 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 13 May 1991, by American astronomers Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. It was named for Australian geophysicist Robert Iasky.

Orbit and classification

Iasky is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. It orbits the Sun in the outer asteroid belt at a distance of 2.9–3.1 AU once every 5 years and 4 months (1,940 days; semi-major axis of 3.04 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.03 and an inclination of 24° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins in November 1982, with its first observations taken by the Siding Spring Observatory and published with the Digitized Sky Survey later on.

Naming

This minor planet was named after Australian geophysicist Robert Iasky (born 1956), who discovered the 120-kilometer-sized Woodleigh crater in the Carnarvon Basin of Western Australia while working with the Geological Survey of Western Australia. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 1 May 2003 (M.P.C. 48396).

Physical characteristics

According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Iasky measures 19.034 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.063, which is typical for a carbonaceous C-type asteroid. As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of Iasky has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.

References

1. ^ "21062 Iasky (1991 JW1)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
2. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 21062 Iasky (1991 JW1)" (2018-09-15 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
3. ^ "Asteroid 21062 Iasky". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
4. ^ "Asteroid (21062) Iasky". AstDyS-2, Asteroids – Dynamic Site. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
5. ^ Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Dailey, J.; et al. (November 2011). "Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2): 20. arXiv:1109.4096. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741...68M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/68. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
6. "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
7. "LCDB Data for (21062) Iasky". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 4 December 2018.

External links

• Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
• Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (20001)-(25000) – Minor Planet Center
• 21062 Iasky at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
  • Ephemeris · Observation prediction · Orbital info · Proper elements · Observational info
• 21062 Iasky at the JPL Small-Body Database
  • Close approach · Discovery · Ephemeris · Orbit viewer · Orbit parameters · Physical parameters

• Minor planet object articles (numbered)
• Background asteroids
• Discoveries by Carolyn S. Shoemaker
• Discoveries by Eugene Merle Shoemaker
• Named minor planets
• Astronomical objects discovered in 1991