1397 Umtata

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1397 Umtata
Discovery [1]
Discovered by C. Jackson
Discovery site Johannesburg Obs.
Discovery date9 August 1936
Designations
(1397) Umtata
Named after
 Mthatha [2]
(South-African town)
1936 PG ·1931 GK
1945 QF ·1945 RC
1948 EB1
main-belt  ·(middle) [3]
background [4]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 81.14 yr (29,638 days)
Aphelion 3.3646 AU
Perihelion 1.9967 AU
2.6806 AU
Eccentricity 0.2551
4.39 yr (1,603 days)
173.37°
0° 13m 28.56s / day
Inclination 3.5109°
77.437°
206.53°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions20.35±0.30 km [5]
20.40 km (derived) [3]
20.798±0.292 km [6]
22.895±0.285 km [7]
30 h [8]
0.0794±0.0140 [7]
0.084±0.046 [6]
0.10 (assumed) [3]
0.112±0.004 [5]
S/C [3]
B–V = 0.690 [1]
U–B = 0.210 [1]
11.47 [1] [5]  ·11.57 [3] [7] [8]

    1397 Umtata, provisional designation 1936 PG, is an asteroid from the background population of the asteroid belt's central region, approximately 21 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by South-African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg on 9 August 1936. [9] The asteroid was named after the South-African town of Mthatha, formerly known as Umtata. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Umtata is a non-family asteroid of the main belt's background population. [4] It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 2.0–3.4  AU once every 4 years and 5 months (1,603 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic. [1]

    The asteroid was first identified as 1931 GK at the Lowell Observatory in April 1931. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Johannesburg. [9]

    Physical characteristics

    The asteroid's spectral type is unknown. The Lightcurve Data Base assumes an S- or C-type to be equally likely, using an average albedo of 0.10 (see below). [3] [lower-alpha 1]

    Rotation period

    In May 1984, a rotational lightcurve of Umtata was obtained from photometric observations by American astronomer Richard Binzel. Analysis of the fragmentary lightcurve gave a rotation period of 30 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.13 magnitude ( U=1 ). [8] As of 2017, no secure period has been obtained. [3]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Umtata measures between 20.35 and 22.895 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.0794 and 0.112. [5] [6] [7]

    The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.10 – a compromise value between the stony (0.20) and carbonaceous asteroid's, both abundant in the main belt's central region – and derives a diameter of 20.40 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 11.57. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after South-African town of Mthatha, formerly known as Umtata. It is the capital town of the OR Tambo District Municipality and the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center in April 1953 ( M.P.C. 909). [10]

    Notes

    1. ↑ Asteroid Lightcurve Data Base (LCDB) – 2. Taxonomic Class, orbital class, and albedo. The LCDB generically assumes a S/C-type with an albedo of 0.10 for non-family main belt asteroids with a semi-major axis between 2.6 and 2.7.

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