| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. J. van Houten I. van Houten-G. T. Gehrels |
| Discovery site | Palomar Obs. |
| Discovery date | 24 September 1960 |
| Designations | |
| (2436) Hatshepsut | |
| Pronunciation | /hætˈʃɛpsʊt/ |
Named after | Hatshepsut (Egyptian pharaoh)[2] |
| 6066 P-L · 1963 DL 1978 YA1 | |
| main-belt · outer[3] Hygiea[4] | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 56.19 yr (20,525 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.4952AU |
| Perihelion | 2.8672 AU |
| 3.1812 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0987 |
| 5.67yr (2,072 days) | |
| 236.21° | |
| 0° 10m 25.32s / day | |
| Inclination | 4.1037° |
| 233.75° | |
| 293.38° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 18.813±0.273[5] | |
| 8.9834h[3] | |
| 0.066±0.006[5] | |
| C(assumed)[3] | |
| 12.2[1] · 12.67[3] | |
2436 Hatshepsut/hætˈʃɛpsʊt/, provisional designation6066 P-L, is a Hygieanasteroid from the outerasteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered byCornelis van Houten,Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld andTom Gehrels atPalomar Observatory on 24 September 1960.[6] It was named for pharaohHatshepsut.[2]
Hatshepsut is a member of theHygiea family (601),[4] a very largefamily of carbonaceous outer-belt asteroids, named after thefourth-largest asteroid,10 Hygiea.[7] It orbits the Sun in theouter main-belt at a distance of 2.9–3.5 AU once every 5 years and 8 months (2,072 days). Its orbit has aneccentricity of 0.10 and aninclination of 4° with respect to theecliptic. Its orbit is only slightlyeccentric and not muchinclined to the ecliptic. The asteroidrotates around its axis every 9 hours.[1]
Thesurvey designation "P-L" stands forPalomar–Leiden, named after Palomar Observatory andLeiden Observatory, which collaborated on the fruitfulPalomar–Leiden survey in the 1960s. Gehrels used Palomar'sSamuel Oschin telescope (also known as the 48-inch Schmidt Telescope), and shipped thephotographic plates to Ingrid and Cornelis van Houten at Leiden Observatory whereastrometry was carried out. The trio are credited with the discovery ofseveral thousand asteroid discoveries.[8]
Thisminor planet named after the only female pharaoh to reign over ancient Egypt,Hatshepsut.[2] The approved naming citation was published on 22 September 1983 (M.P.C. 8153).[9]
