1362 Griqua
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| Discovery[1] | |
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| Discovered by | Cyril V. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Union Observatory |
| Discovery date | July 31, 1935 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1362 |
| Named after | Griqua people |
| Alternative names | 1935 QG1 |
| Minor planet category |
Outer main belt griqua family [2] |
| Orbital characteristics[3] | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 4.4123 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.0272 AU |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21974 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.370392 |
| Orbital period | 2110.23 days (5.78 years) |
| Mean anomaly | 155.343° |
| Inclination | 24.208° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 121.395° |
| Argument of perihelion | 262.022° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions |
29.90 kilometres (18.58 mi) ± 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) Mean diameter[4] |
| Albedo | 0.0667 ± 0.007 [4] |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.18 [5] |
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1362 Griqua (1935 QG1) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on July 31, 1935 by Cyril V. Jackson at Union Observatory.[1] It is one of very few asteroids located in the 2 : 1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
- ↑ "1362 Griqua (1935 QG1)". JPL Small-Body Database. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved December 31, 2008.
- ↑ "(1362) Griqua". AstDyS. University of Pisa. Retrieved December 11, 2008.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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 7, 2009.
- ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
- ↑ Roig et al.; Nesvorny, D.; Ferraz-Mello, S. (2002). "Asteroids in the 2 : 1 resonance with Jupiter: dynamics and size distribution". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 335 (2): 417–431. Bibcode:2002MNRAS.335..417R. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05635.x.
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