1323 Tugela

Tugela
Discovery
Discovered by C. Jackson
Discovery site Johannesburg (UO)
Discovery date May 19, 1934
Designations
MPC designation 1323
Named after
 Tugela River
1934 LD
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.7237461
Perihelion 2.7302077
Eccentricity 0.1539426
2117.3477655
23.42247
Inclination 18.66277
45.86361
130.65354
Physical characteristics
Albedo 0.0567
9.90

    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

    1. ↑ 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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