1323 Tugela
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg (UO) |
| Discovery date | 19 May 1934 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1323 |
Named after | Tugela River |
| 1934 LD | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 107.01 yr (39085 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.7103183 AU (555.05572 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.7506887 AU (411.49717 Gm) |
| 3.230504 AU (483.2765 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1485263 |
| 5.81 yr (2120.8 d) | |
| 166.7185° | |
| 0° 10m 11.085s / day | |
| Inclination | 18.78454° |
| 45.24497° | |
| 136.00633° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.78003 AU (266.289 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.35793 AU (203.143 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.086 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 29.22±1.7 km |
| 19.50 h (0.813 d) | |
| 0.0567±0.007 | |
| 9.9 | |
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1323 Tugela (1934 LD) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on May 19, 1934, by C. Jackson at Johannesburg (UO).
Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, during 2007 produced a light curve with a period of 19.50 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness range of 0.25 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[2]
References
- ↑ "1323 Tugela (1934 LD)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ↑ Warner, Brian D. (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...72W.
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