[1][3] Pan-STARRS photometric survey also characterizes it as a stony S-type,[11] while the overall spectral type for Eoan asteroids is that of a K-type.
[13]: 23 In June 1984, a rotational lightcurve of Margot was obtained from photometric observations by American astronomer Richard Binzel .
Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 8.17 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.52 magnitude, indicative of a somewhat elongated shape (U=3).
[5][6][7][8][9] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.1106 and a diameter of 29.49 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 10.66.
[3] This minor planet was named by German astronomer Wilhelm Gliese after Gertrud Margot Zottmann (1915–1990; née Görsdorf), his friend and schoolfellow for several years at Berlin.