1513 Mátra
| Discovery Synodic rotation period | 24 h[7] | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.189±0.024[6] 0.24 (assumed)[3] 0.31±0.19[5] 0.34±0.13[4] | ||
| S[3] | ||
| 13.33[1][3][5][6] · 13.43[4] | ||
1513 Mátra, provisional designation 1940 EB, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 10 March 1940, by Hungarian astronomer György Kulin at Konkoly Observatory in Budapest, Hungary.[8] It was later named after the Mátra mountain range.[2]
Orbit and classification
Mátra is a member of the Flora family, a large group of stony S-type asteroids in the inner main-belt. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.0–2.4 AU once every 3 years and 3 months (1,186 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.10 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]
One day prior to Mátra's official discovery observation at Konkoly, a
Physical characteristics
Rotation period
American astronomer
Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by NASA's
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.24 – derived from the family's largest body and namesake, the asteroid 8 Flora – and calculates a diameter of 5.85 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 13.33.[3]
Naming
This
References
- ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1513 Matra (1940 EB)" (2017-02-14 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ a b c d e f g "LCDB Data for (1513) Mátra". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ .
- ^ S2CID 9341381. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ S2CID 46350317. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ ISSN 0019-1035. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ a b "1513 Matra (1940 EB)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 1513 Mátra at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 1513 Mátra at the JPL Small-Body Database
