1955 McMath
| Discovery Synodic rotation period | 5.547±0.0315 h[6] 5.57±0.00 h[7] 5.574±0.002 h[8] 5.5976±0.0315 h[6] | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.24 (assumed)[3] 0.322±0.041[4][5] | ||
| S[3] | ||
| 11.78±0.045 (R)[8] · 11.9[4] · 11.97±0.15 (R)[7] · 12.003±0.002 (R)[6] · 12.1[1][3] · 12.42±0.53[9] · 12.498±0.003 (S)[6] | ||
1955 McMath, provisional designation 1963 SR, is a stony Koronis asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter.
It was discovered on 22 September 1963, by Indiana University's Indiana Asteroid Program at its Goethe Link Observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana, United States.[10] It was later named after solar astronomer Robert Raynolds McMath.[2]
Orbit and classification
McMath is a stony
Uccle Observatory dates back to 1936.[10]
Physical characteristics
Rotation period
It has a well determined
Diameter and albedo
According to the survey carried out by the
albedo of 0.32,[4] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony members of the Koronis family of 0.24, and calculates a diameter of 10.3 kilometers.[3]
Naming
This
McMath–Pierce Solar Telescope
.
From the late 1950s, Robert McMath served as the first president of
M.P.C. 5848).[11]
References
- ^ a b c d "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1955 McMath (1963 SR)" (2017-02-15 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3.
- ^ a b c d e f "LCDB Data for (1955) McMath". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ . Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ . Retrieved 8 December 2016.
- ^ . Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ . Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ . Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- . Retrieved 18 May 2016.
- ^ a b "1955 McMath (1963 SR)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Archived 21 July 2011 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
- 1955 McMath at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 1955 McMath at the JPL Small-Body Database
