1323 Tugela

Tugela

Discovery
Discovered by	C. Jackson
Discovery site	Johannesburg (UO)
Discovery date	19 May 1934
Designations
MPC designation	1323
Named after	Tugela River
Alternative names	1934 LD
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	107.01 yr (39085 days)
Aphelion	3.7103183 AU (555.05572 Gm)
Perihelion	2.7506887 AU (411.49717 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.230504 AU (483.2765 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1485263
Orbital period	5.81 yr (2120.8 d)
Mean anomaly	166.7185°
Mean motion	0° 10^m 11.085^s / day
Inclination	18.78454°
Longitude of ascending node	45.24497°
Argument of perihelion	136.00633°
Earth MOID	1.78003 AU (266.289 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.35793 AU (203.143 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.086
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	29.22±1.7 km
Rotation period	19.50 h (0.813 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0567±0.007
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.9

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.^[2]

References

1. "1323 Tugela (1934 LD)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
2. Warner, Brian D. (September 2007), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory", The Minor Planet Bulletin, Bibcode:2007MPBu...34...72W.

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1323 Tugela
• 1323 Tugela at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters