Orbit and classification
''Nata'' is a member of the Veritas family, a young asteroid family, family of carbonaceous asteroids, that formed approximately million years ago. The family is named after 490 Veritas and consists of nearly 1,300 members. ''Nata'' orbits the Sun in the Kirkwood gap, outer main-belt at a distance of 3.0–3.3 Astronomical unit, AU once every 5 years and 7 months (2,054 days). Its orbit has an orbital eccentricity, eccentricity of 0.05 and an orbital inclination, inclination of 8Degree (angle), ° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its first identification as at Heidelberg Observatory in December 1900, almost 27 years prior to its official discovery observation at Simeiz.Physical characteristics
In the SMASS classification, ''Nata'' is a Ch-subtype, a "hydrated" carbonaceous C-type asteroid.Rotation period
In November 2011, a rotational lightcurve of ''Nata'' was obtained from photometric observations by American astronomer Edwin E. Sheridan at the Crescent Butte Observatory . Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 18.074 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.17 Magnitude (astronomy), magnitude ().Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Spitzer Space Telescope, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari (satellite), Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, ''Nata'' measures between 66.27 and 79.867 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an astronomical albedo, albedo between 0.04 and 0.0767. The ''Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link'' derives an albedo of 0.0641 and a diameter of 66.10 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 9.5.Naming
This minor 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 and , were named after paratroopers Tamara Ivanova (1912–1936) and Lyuba Berlin (1915–1936), respectively, which died just three months earlier.References
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