(1050) Meta
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Asteroid (1050) Meta |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6243 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1770 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1598 AU - 3.0889 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.523 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,251 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.39 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 9 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | K. Reinmuth |
| Date of discovery | September 14, 1925 |
| Another name | 1925 RC, A908 SE |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(1050) Meta is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 14, 1925 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth , who worked at the observatory on the Königstuhl near Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named with the female first name Meta , which is not assigned to any specific person.