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1323 Tugela

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Tugela
Discovery
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg (UO)
Discovery date19 May 1934
Designations
1323
Named after
Tugela River
1934 LD
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc107.01 yr (39085 days)
Aphelion3.7103183 AU (555.05572 Gm)
Perihelion2.7506887 AU (411.49717 Gm)
3.230504 AU (483.2765 Gm)
Eccentricity0.1485263
5.81 yr (2120.8 d)
166.7185°
0° 10m 11.085s / day
Inclination18.78454°
45.24497°
136.00633°
Earth MOID1.78003 AU (266.289 Gm)
Jupiter MOID1.35793 AU (203.143 Gm)
TJupiter3.086
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
29.22±1.7 km
19.50 h (0.813 d)
0.0567±0.007
9.9

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

  1. ^ "1323 Tugela (1934 LD)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  2. ^ 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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