 Cuppy as viewed fromAuburn, Indiana, using a 40.5 cmRCOS telescope in July 2004 | |
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | LONEOS |
| Discovery site | Anderson Mesa Stn. |
| Discovery date | 22 September 1998 |
| Designations | |
| (15017) Cuppy | |
Named after | Will Cuppy (American humorist)[2] |
| 1998 SS25 | |
| main-belt · (inner) Flora | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 25.30 yr (9,242 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.7011AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9517 AU |
| 2.3264 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1611 |
| 3.55yr (1,296 days) | |
| 94.456° | |
| 0° 16m 40.08s / day | |
| Inclination | 6.2109° |
| 63.826° | |
| 347.85° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 1.795±0.226[3] 2 km(estimated at0.25)[4] |
| 0.500±0.219[3] | |
| 15.6[1] | |
15017 Cuppy (provisional designation1998 SS25) is aFlorian asteroid from the inner regions of theasteroid belt, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 September 1998, by theLowell Observatory Near-Earth-Object Search (LONEOS) at itsAnderson Mesa Station, Arizona, United States.[5] The asteroid was named for American humoristWill Cuppy.[2]
Cuppy orbits the Sun in theinner main-belt at a distance of 2.0–2.7 AU once every 3 years and 7 months (1,296 days). Its orbit has aneccentricity of 0.16 and aninclination of 6° with respect to theecliptic.[1] The body'sobservation arc begins 7 years prior to its official discovery observation, with aprecovery taken atPalomar Observatory in October 1991.[5]
According to the survey carried out by theNEOWISE mission of NASA'sWide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Cuppy measures 1.8 kilometers in diameter and its surface has analbedo of 0.50.[3] This is in line with a genericabsolute magnitude-to-diameter conversion, which gives a diameter of approximately 2 kilometers for an absolute magnitude of 15.6 and an assumed albedo of 0.2 to 0.25, which is typical forstony asteroids of the inner asteroid belt.[4] As of 2017, Cuppy's composition,rotation period and shape remain unknown.[1][6]
Thisminor planet was named in memory of American literary critic and humorist,Will Cuppy (1884–1949). He is known for his satirical booksThe Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody,How to Attract the Wombat,How to Become Extinct andHow to Tell Your Friends from the Apes. The name was proposed by M. Walter. The approved naming citation was published by theMinor Planet Center on 10 September 2003 (M.P.C. 49675).[2][7]
