| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | S. Belyavskyj N. Ivanov |
| Discovery site | Simeiz Obs. |
| Discovery date | 25 August 1927 |
| Designations | |
| (1086) Nata | |
Named after | Nadezhda Babushkina (Soviet female parachutist)[2] |
| 1927 QL · 1925 JA A900 YB | |
| main-belt · (outer)[3] Veritas[4] | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 116.27 yr (42,467 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.3349AU |
| Perihelion | 2.9907 AU |
| 3.1628 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0544 |
| 5.62yr (2,054 days) | |
| 236.41° | |
| 0° 10m 30.72s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.3587° |
| 313.24° | |
| 158.78° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 66.10 km(derived)[3] 66.27±4.3 km[5] 68.24±21.78 km[6] 68.48±0.83 km[7] 73.3±1.3 km[8] 79.867±1.160 km[9] |
| 18.074±0.002h[10] | |
| 0.04±0.03[6] 0.0528±0.0096[9] 0.06±0.01[8] 0.0641(derived)[3] 0.072±0.002[7] 0.0767±0.011[5] | |
| SMASS = Ch[1] · C[3] | |
| 9.30[5][7][8][9] · 9.5[1][3] · 9.54±0.30[11] · 9.58[6] | |
1086 Nata, provisional designation1927 QL, is a carbonaceous Veritasianasteroid from the outer regions of theasteroid belt, approximately 68 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 25 August 1927, by Russian astronomersSergey Belyavsky andNikolaj Ivanov at theSimeiz Observatory on the Crimean peninsula.[12] The asteroid was named in memory of Soviet female parachutist Nata Babushkina (1915–1936).[2]
Nata is a member of theVeritas family, a youngfamily of carbonaceous asteroids, that formed approximately8.5±0.5 million years ago. The family is named after490 Veritas and consists of nearly 1,300 members.[4][13]: 8, 23
Nata orbits the Sun in theouter main-belt at a distance of 3.0–3.3 AU once every 5 years and 7 months (2,054 days). Its orbit has aneccentricity of 0.05 and aninclination of 8° with respect to theecliptic.[1]
The body'sobservation arc begins with its first identification asA900 YB atHeidelberg Observatory in December 1900, almost 27 years prior to its official discovery observation at Simeiz.[12]
In theSMASS classification,Nata is a Ch-subtype, a "hydrated" carbonaceousC-type asteroid.[1]
In November 2011, a rotationallightcurve ofNata was obtained from photometric observations by American astronomerEdwin E. Sheridan at the Crescent Butte Observatory (682). Lightcurve analysis gave arotation period of 18.074 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.17magnitude (U=2).[10]
According to the surveys carried out by theSpitzer Space Telescope, the Infrared Astronomical SatelliteIRAS, the JapaneseAkari satellite and theNEOWISE mission of NASA'sWide-field Infrared Survey Explorer,Nata measures between 66.27 and 79.867 kilometers in diameter and its surface has analbedo between 0.04 and 0.0767.[5][6][7][8][9]
TheCollaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0641 and a diameter of 66.10 kilometers based on anabsolute magnitude of 9.5.[3]
Thisminor planet was named in memory of Nadezhda Vasilievna Babushkina (1915–1936), nicknamed "Nata", a Soviet female parachutist who died in an accident at the age of 21. The minor planets(1062) and(1084), were named after paratroopers Tamara Ivanova (1912–1936) and Lyuba Berlin (1915–1936), respectively, which died just three months earlier.[2]
