1248 Jugurtha
Jugurtha| Discovery |
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| Discovered by |
C. Jackson |
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| Discovery site |
Johannesburg (UO) |
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| Discovery date |
September 1, 1932 |
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| Designations |
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| MPC designation |
1248 |
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Named after |
Jugurtha |
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1932 RO |
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| Orbital characteristics |
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Epoch May 14, 2008 |
| Aphelion |
2.7610886 |
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| Perihelion |
2.6854052 |
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| Eccentricity |
0.0138958 |
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1641.4549072 |
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240.20258 |
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| Inclination |
9.14595 |
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79.52708 |
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340.56608 |
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| Physical characteristics |
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| Dimensions |
est. diam. 76km[1] |
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13.0 to 15.3 |
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9.7 |
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1248 Jugurtha (also known as 1932 RO, 1930 DU, A901 VE, and A915 XB) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 1, 1932 by Cyril V. Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa,[1][2] and independently rediscovered later in the same month by Grigory Neujmin at the Simeiz Observatory in Ukraine.[2] It is named after Jugurtha, who was a king of Numidia, in North Africa, in the second century BC.[2]
1248 Jugurtha is estimated to be approximately 76 km in diameter,[1] and has a synodic period of rotation of approximately 12.19 hours.[1][3]
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References
- Bus, S.; Binzel, R. P. (October 2004), 1248 Jugurtha CCD spectrum, Planetary Data System EAR-A-I0028-4-SBN0001/SMASSII-V1.0:1248JUGURT01, NASA, Bibcode:2004PDSS....1...96B .
- Koff, R. A.; Gross, J. (2002), "Lightcurve photometry of asteroid (1248) Jugurtha", The Minor Planet Bulletin 29: 75–76, Bibcode:2002MPBu...29...75K .
- Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003), "(1248) Jugurtha", Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Volume 1 (5th ed.), Springer, pp. 103–104, ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3 .
- Worman, Walter E.; Olson, Michael P. (2004), "CCD photometry of 1248 Jugurtha", The Minor Planet Bulletin 31 (2): 42, Bibcode:2004MPBu...31...42W .
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