1298 Nocturna

1298 Nocturna
Discovery ^[1]
Discovered by	Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Discovery site	Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
Discovery date	7 January 1934
Designations
MPC designation	1298
Named after	Night
Alternative names	1934 AE
Orbital characteristics ^[2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	111.52 yr (40734 days)
Aphelion	3.5937271 AU (537.61392 Gm)
Perihelion	2.6564819 AU (397.40404 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.125105 AU (467.5091 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1499542
Orbital period	5.52 yr (2017.9 d)
Mean anomaly	79.922658°
Mean motion	0° 10^m 42.258^s / day
Inclination	5.489895°
Longitude of ascending node	299.99577°
Argument of perihelion	58.74079°
Earth MOID	1.65677 AU (247.849 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.87904 AU (281.100 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.190
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	40.04 kilometres (24.88 mi) ± 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) Mean diameter ^[3]
Mean radius	7001200200000000000♠20.02±1 km
Rotation period	34.80 h (1.450 d)
Geometric albedo	6998578000000000000♠0.0578±0.006 ^[2]^[3]
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.7,^[4] 11.0 ^[2]

1298 Nocturna (1934 AE) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 7, 1934, by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory.^[1]

References

1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
1 2 3 "1298 Nocturna (1934 AE)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
1 2 Tedesco; et al. (2004). "Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey (SIMPS)". IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on 2010-01-17. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2009.

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