1050 Meta

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1050 Meta
Synodic rotation period
6.14188±0.00001 h[9]
6.142±0.001 h[10]
0.21 (assumed)[4]
0.294±0.042[8]
0.3346±0.0284[7]
0.364±0.062[6]
S (assumed)[4]
12.00[7][8] · 12.2[3][4]
12.34±0.09[11]

1050 Meta, provisional designation 1925 RC, is a stony

rotation period of 6.14 hours and possibly an elongated shape.[4]

Orbit and classification

Meta is a member of the

semi-major axis of 2.63 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.18 and an inclination of 12° with respect to the ecliptic.[3]

The body's observation arc begins with its first observation as A908 SE at Heidelberg in October 1908, or 17 years prior to its official discovery observation.[1]

Naming

Any reference of this minor planet's name to a person or occurrence is unknown.[2]

Unknown meaning

Among the many thousands of

Karl Reinmuth.[13]

Physical characteristics

According to the overall

spectral type for members of the Eunomia family, Meta is an assumed S-type asteroid.[4]

Rotation period and poles

In October 2006, a rotational

U=3).[10]

A modeled lightcurve using photometric data from the Lowell Photometric Database was published in 2016. It gave a concurring period of 6.14188 hours, as well as two spin axes at (60.0°, −42.0°) and (198.0°, −79.0°) in ecliptic coordinates (λ, β).[9]

Diameter and albedo

According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese

albedo between 0.294 and 0.364.[6][7][8]

The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.21 – derived from 15 Eunomia, the namesake and parent body of the Eunomia family – and calculates a diameter of 10.53 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.2.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "1050 Meta (1925 RC)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3
    .
  3. ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1050 Meta (1925 RC)" (2017-06-05 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "LCDB Data for (1050) Meta". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Asteroid 1050 Meta – Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0". Small Bodies Data Ferret. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  6. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/121
    .
  7. ^
    doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/90
    .
  8. ^
    doi:10.1093/pasj/63.5.1117. (online, AcuA catalog p. 153
    )
  9. ^
    doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527573
    . Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  10. ^ a b Behrend, Raoul. "Asteroids and comets rotation curves – (1050) Meta". Geneva Observatory. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  11. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007
    . Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  12. ISBN 9780816532131
    .
  13. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3
    .

External links
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