1595 Tanga
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| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson and H. E. Wood |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg |
| Discovery date | June 19, 1930 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1595 |
| Named after | Tanga |
| Alternative names | 1930 ME |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.9405 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.3479 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.1120 |
| Orbital period | 1570.5180 d |
| Mean anomaly | 18.6308° |
| Inclination | 4.1650° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 112.2410° |
| Argument of perihelion | 188.5943° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Geometric albedo | 0.0557 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.02 |
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1595 Tanga (1930 ME) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on June 19, 1930 by C. Jackson and H. E. Wood at Johannesburg.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 11.05 ± 0.02 hours with a brightness variation of 0.32 ± 0.04 magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ Carbo, Landy et al. (July 2009), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory and Oakley Observatory: 2008 September and October", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 36 (3): 91–94, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36...91C.
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