(2680) Mateo

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Asteroid
(2680) Mateo
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Asteroid family Hertha family
Major semi-axis 2.4026 ± 0.0001  AU
eccentricity 0.2151 ± 0.0004
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8859 ± 0.001 AU - 2.9194 ± 0.0001 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.4336 ± 0.0047 °
Length of the ascending node 3.0162 ± 0.8672 °
Argument of the periapsis 336.7813 ± 0.8734 °
Time of passage of the perihelion August 31, 2020
Sidereal period 3.72 a ± 0.0086 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.482 ± 0.110 km
Albedo 0.213 ± 0.021
Absolute brightness 13.0 likes
history
Explorer ArgentinaArgentina Felix Aguilar Observatory
Date of discovery July 1, 1975
Another name 1975 NF ; 1953 RF; 1953 TA 2 ; 1979 ON 13
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(2680) Mateo ( 1975 NF ; 1953 RF ; 1953 TA 2 ; 1979 ON 13 ) is an approximately six kilometers large asteroid of the inner main belt that was discovered on July 1, 1975 at the Felix Aguilar Observatory in the El Leoncito National Park in the province of San Juan was discovered in Argentina ( IAU code 808). It belongs to the Hertha family , a group of asteroids named after (135) Hertha .

designation

(2680) Mateo was named after the geophysicist José Mateo (1914–1978), who for years was the department of gravimetry and tides at the Observatorio Astronómico de La Plata (IAU code 839) and later during the last construction phase of the Felix Aguilar Observatory Was director.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp.  186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 4, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1975 NF. Discovered 1975 July 1 at the Felix Aguilar Observatory at El Leoncito. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2679) Kittisvaara numbering (2681) Ostrovsky