1321 Majuba

Majuba
Discovery
Discovered by C. Jackson
Discovery site Johannesburg (UO)
Discovery date May 7, 1934
Designations
MPC designation 1321
1934 JH
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.4288404
Perihelion 2.4613860
Eccentricity 0.1642474
1846.0837896
188.26817
Inclination 9.49903
318.06643
345.48474
Physical characteristics
Albedo 0.1439
10.28

    1321 Majuba (1934 JH) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 7, 1934 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg (UO). Photometric observations made in 1987 gave a rotation period of either 6.78 or 5.4 hours. Subsequent observations made in 2006 at the Oakley Observatory in Terre Haute, Indiana found a light curve period of 5.207 ± 0.009 hours, with variation in brightness of 0.25 ± 0.05 in magnitude.[1]

    References

    1. ↑ Ditteon, Richard; Hawkins, Scot (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Observatory - October-November 2006", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 34 (3): 59–64, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...59D.

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