1955 McMath

1955 McMath
Discovery[1]
Discovered byIndiana University
(Indiana Asteroid Program)
Discovery siteGoethe Link Obs.
Discovery date22 September 1963
Designations
(1955) McMath
Named after
Robert McMath
(astronomer, engineer)[2]
1963 SR · 1936 BA
1949 XN · 1951 EP2
1953 RN · 1963 TK
main-belt · Koronis[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc67.17 yr (24,535 days)
Aphelion3.0388 AU
Perihelion2.6703 AU
2.8545 AU
Eccentricity0.0645
4.82 yr (1,762 days)
32.257°
0° 12m 15.84s / day
Inclination1.0053°
258.11°
154.10°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions9.759±0.248 km[4][5]
10.31 km (calculated)[3]
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]

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