1323 Tugela
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg (UO) |
| Discovery date | May 19, 1934 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1323 |
| Named after | Tugela River |
| Alternative names | 1934 LD |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.7237461 |
| Perihelion | 2.7302077 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1539426 |
| Orbital period | 2117.3477655 |
| Mean anomaly | 23.42247 |
| Inclination | 18.66277 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 45.86361 |
| Argument of perihelion | 130.65354 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Albedo | 0.0567 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 9.90 |
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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.[1]
References
- ↑ Warner, Brian D. (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...72W.
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