1313 Berna
1313 Berna, provisional designation , is a background asteroid and synchronous binary system from the Eunomian region in the central asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 24 August 1933, by Belgian astronomer Sylvain Arend at the Uccle Observatory in Belgium. The assumed S-type asteroid has a longer-than average rotation period of 25.5 hours and is likely elongated in shape. It was named for the Swiss capital of Bern. The discovery of an 11-kilometer-sized companion was announced in February 2004. Orbit and classification. According to modern HCM-analyses by Nesvorný, as well as  by Milani and Knežević, "Berna" is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. Based on osculating Keplerian orbital elements, it is located in the region of the Eunomia family (), a prominent family of stony asteroids. It orbits the Sun in the central asteroid belt at a distance of 2.1–3.2 AU once every 4 years and 4 months (1,584 days; semi-major axis of 2.66 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.21 and an inclination of 13° with respect to the ecliptic. In 1911, "Berna" was first identified as at Johannesburg. Its observation arc begins  with its official discovery observation at Uccle. Naming. This minor planet was named after the Swiss capital city of Bern. The name was proposed by Sigmund Mauderli (1876–1962), astronomer and director of the Astronomical Institute at the University of Bern, after whom 1748 Mauderli is named. He computed the definitive orbit of the body, and also insisted to rename the minor planet to its current name, after it had been originally published as "Bernia". The official was first mentioned in "The Names of the Minor Planets" by Paul Herget in 1955 (). Physical characteristics. Lightcurve. A network of astronomers at several  observatories including Raoul Behrend at Geneva Observatory, Switzerland, obtained the so-far best rated rotational light-curve of "Berna". Light-curve analysis gave a rotation period of hours with a brightness variation of 0.28 magnitude (). In November 2007, photometric observations at Cerro Tololo, Chile, using its 0.9-meter Prompt5 telescope in combination with the Spitzer Space Telescope gave a concurring period of 25.46 hours with an amplitude of 0.5 magnitude (). Other light-curves were also obtained by several amateur astronomers giving a period of 6, 25.4 and 25.45 hours, respectively (). Asteroid moon. In February 2004, a satellite orbiting the asteroid  was discovered. The moon, designated S/2004 (1313) 1, measures about 11 kilometers in diameter and orbits "Berna" at a distance of 35 kilometer once every 25 hours and 28 minutes. Since the lightcurve is synchronized with the eclipse events, at least one body of the binary system rotates synchronously with the orbital motion. It was identified based on light-curve observations taken in February 2004 by several astronomers, including Raoul Behrend at Geneva Observatory, Stefano Sposetti, René Roy, Donald Pray, Christophe Demeautis, Daniel Matter, Alain Klotz and others. Although the IAUC was released on 23 February 2004, the announcement was  already made on 12 February 2004. There are several hundreds of asteroids known to have satellites "(also see )". Diameter and albedo. According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, "Berna" measures between 13.12 and 19.96 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.13 and 0.25. The "Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link" assumes an albedo of 0.21 – derived from 15 Eunomia, the parent body of the Eunomia family – and calculates a diameter of 13.88 kilometers based on an absolute  magnitude of 11.6.