1261 Legia

Legia

Discovery
Discovered by	E. Delporte
Discovery site	Uccle
Discovery date	23 March 1933
Designations
MPC designation	1261
Named after	Liège
Alternative names	1933 FB
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	83.07 yr (30340 days)
Aphelion	3.7000180 AU (553.51481 Gm)
Perihelion	2.5768347 AU (385.48898 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.138426 AU (469.5018 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1789405
Orbital period	5.56 yr (2030.8 d)
Mean anomaly	346.37363°
Mean motion	0° 10^m 38.173^s / day
Inclination	2.426946°
Longitude of ascending node	67.29927°
Argument of perihelion	104.95383°
Earth MOID	1.58288 AU (236.795 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.272 AU (190.3 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.185
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	15.64±0.65 km
Rotation period	8.693 h (0.3622 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0719±0.006
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.2

1261 Legia (1933 FB) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 23, 1933, by E. Delporte at Uccle.

References

1. "1261 Legia (1933 FB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

• Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

External links

• 1261 Legia at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters