| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | LINEAR |
| Discovery site | Lincoln Lab ETS |
| Discovery date | 20 January 2001 |
| Designations | |
| (23327) Luchernandez | |
Named after | Lucero Hernandez[2][3] (2007ISEF awardee) |
| 2001 BE31 · 1992 SE27 1999 RZ63 | |
| main-belt · (inner) Flora[4][5] | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 25.22 yr (9,213 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.5960AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0771 AU |
| 2.3366 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1110 |
| 3.57yr (1,305 days) | |
| 256.53° | |
| 0° 16m 33.6s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.7545° |
| 146.36° | |
| 320.17° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 2.26 km(calculated)[4] 2.475±0.509 km[6][7] |
| 4.933±0.007h[8] | |
| 0.2399±0.1204[6][7] 0.24(assumed)[4] | |
| S(assumed)[4] | |
| 15.2[7] · 15.4[1][4] · 15.57±0.28[9] | |
23327 Luchernandez (provisional designation2001 BE31) is a Florianasteroid from the inner regions of theasteroid belt, approximately 2 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 20 January 2001, by astronomers of theLINEAR program at theLincoln Laboratory's Experimental Test Site near Socorro, New Mexico, United States.[2] The asteroid was named forISEF awardee Lucero Hernandez.[2]
Luchernandez is a member of theFlora family (402),[4][5] a giantasteroid family and the largest family of stony asteroids in the main-belt.[10]: 23 It orbits the Sun in theinner asteroid belt at a distance of 2.1–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 7 months (1,305 days;semi-major axis of 2.34 AU). Its orbit has aneccentricity of 0.11 and aninclination of 6° for theecliptic.[1]
The body'sobservation arc begins with aprecovery published by theDigitized Sky Survey that was taken atPalomar Observatory in August 1992, more than 18 years before its official discovery observation at Socorro.[2]
Luchernandez is an assumedS-type asteroid,[4] which agrees with the overallspectral type for members of the Flora family.[10]: 23
In December 2007, a rotationallightcurve of Luchernandez was obtained from photometric observations by Slovak astronomersAdrián Galád andLeonard Kornoš at theModra Observatory. Lightcurve analysis gave arotation period of 4.933 hours with a brightness variation of 0.50magnitude (U=2+).[8] A high brightness amplitude is indicative of an elongated, non-spherical shape. Alternative period solutions that give 5.49 hours or longer are less likely.[8]
According to the survey carried out by theNEOWISE mission of NASA'sWide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Luchernandez measures 2.475 kilometers in diameter and its surface has analbedo of 0.2399.[6][7]
TheCollaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an identical albedo of 0.24 – derived from8 Flora, the family'sparent body – and calculates a diameter of 2.26 kilometers based on anabsolute magnitude of 15.4.[4]
Thisminor planet was named after Mexican student Lucero Hernandez (born 1989), who won second place in the 2007Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for her computer science team project.[3] The official naming citation was published by theMinor Planet Center on 28 August 2007 (M.P.C. 60505).[11]
