1394 Algoa
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 12 June 1936 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1394 Algoa |
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Named after
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Algoa Bay (in South Africa)[2] |
| 1936 LK · 1929 TT 1933 UY1 |
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| main-belt · (inner) [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 79.00 yr (28,856 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.6248 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.2541 AU |
| 2.4394 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0759 |
| 3.81 yr (1,392 days) | |
| 248.04° | |
| Inclination | 2.6738° |
| 178.82° | |
| 113.74° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 14.22 km (calculated)[3] |
| 2.768 h[4][5] | |
| 0.20 (assumed)[3] | |
| S [3] | |
| 11.6[1] | |
1394 Algoa, provisional designation 1936 LK, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 12 June 1936, by English-born South-African astronomer Cyril Jackson at Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa.[6]
The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.3–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 10 months (1,392 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.08 and is tilted by 3 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 2.768 hours[4][5] and an assumed albedo of 0.20.[3]
The minor planet is named after the historical Algoa Bay, about 700 kilometers east of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.[2]
References
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External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 1394 Algoa at the JPL Small-Body Database
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