1513 Mátra
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | G. Kulin |
| Discovery site | Konkoly Observatory |
| Discovery date | 10 March 1940 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1513 Matra |
Named after | Mátra (mountain range)[2] |
| 1940 EB · 1940 EO | |
| main-belt · Flora [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 65.18 yr (23807 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.4090 AU (360.38 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.9766 AU (295.70 Gm) |
| 2.1928 AU (328.04 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.098602 |
| 3.25 yr (1186.0 d) | |
| 203.25° | |
| 0° 18m 12.708s / day | |
| Inclination | 3.9773° |
| 136.23° | |
| 27.011° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.984589 AU (147.2924 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.56656 AU (383.952 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.662 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
6.60±0.27 km[4] 5.85 km (calculated)[3] |
| 24 h (1.0 d)[1][5] | |
|
0.189±0.024[4] 0.24 (assumed)[3] | |
| S [3] | |
| 13.33[1] | |
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1513 Mátra, provisional designation 1940 EB, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Hungarian astronomer György Kulin at Konkoly Observatory on 10 March 1940.[6]
The asteroid is a member of the Flora family, a large group of rocky 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 shows an eccentricity of 0.10 and is tilted by 4 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a somewhat longer than usual rotation period of 24 hours[5] and an albedo of 0.19, according to the space-based Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and its subsequent NEOWISE mission.[4] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a slightly higher albedo of 0.24, a figure in line with those typically found for Flora asteroids.[3]
The minor planet was named after the Mátra mountain range in northern Hungary, where the outstation of the discovering Konkoly Observatory is located.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1513 Matra (1940 EB)" (2015-08-20 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1513) Mátra. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 120. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (1513) Matra". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 Masiero, Joseph R.; Mainzer, A. K.; Grav, T.; Bauer, J. M.; Cutri, R. M.; Nugent, C.; et al. (November 2012). "Preliminary Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE 3-Band Cryogenic and Post-cryogenic Observations of Main Belt Asteroids". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 759 (1): 5. arXiv:1209.5794
. Bibcode:2012ApJ...759L...8M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/759/1/L8. Retrieved 6 December 2015. - 1 2 Binzel, R. P.; Mulholland, J. D. (December 1983). "A photoelectric lightcurve survey of small main belt asteroids". Icarus: 519–533. Bibcode:1983Icar...56..519B. doi:10.1016/0019-1035(83)90170-7. ISSN 0019-1035. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ↑ "1513 Matra (1940 EB)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- 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 the JPL Small-Body Database
