1058 Grubba

1058 Grubba
Discovery
Discovered by Grigory Abramovich Shajn
Discovery date 22 June 1925
Designations
Named after
Howard Grubb
1925 MA
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 39937 days (109.34 yr)
Aphelion 2.60783 AU (390.126 Gm)
Perihelion 1.7851502 AU (267.05467 Gm)
2.196489 AU (328.5901 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1872712
3.26 yr (1189.0 d)
267.26520°
0.30276828°/day
Inclination 3.6925043°
221.7487517°
94.4867159°
Earth MOID 0.77447 AU (115.859 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.67276 AU (399.839 Gm)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 14 km
46.30 h (1.929 d)
0.15
11.98

    1058 Grubba (provisional designation: 1925 MA) is a minor planet orbiting the Sun. It is a member of the Augusta family.

    Grubba was discovered on June 22, 1925, by Grigory Abramovich Shajn at the Simeiz Observatory in Crimea, Ukraine (Crimean Peninsula was part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic at the time). It named after Sir Howard Grubb, who manufactured one of the telescopes at the observatory.[2]

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