Back 1955 McMath (كويكب) ARZ (1955) МакМет CE (1955) McMath German 1955 Μακμάθ Greek 1955 McMath Esperanto (1955) McMath Spanish 1955 McMath Basque مکمث ۱۹۵۵ Persian (1955) McMath French 1955 McMath Hungarian
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Indiana University (Indiana Asteroid Program) |
| Discovery site | Goethe Link Obs. |
| Discovery date | 22 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 arc | 67.17 yr (24,535 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.0388 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.6703 AU |
| 2.8545 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0645 |
| 4.82 yr (1,762 days) | |
| 32.257° | |
| 0° 12m 15.84s / day | |
| Inclination | 1.0053° |
| 258.11° | |
| 154.10° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 9.759±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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