1354 Botha

Botha

Discovery
Discovered by	Jackson, C.
Discovery site	Johannesburg (UO)
Discovery date	3 April 1935
Designations
MPC designation	1354
Named after	Louis Botha
Alternative names	1935 GK
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	84.48 yr (30857 days)
Aphelion	3.8015781 AU (568.70799 Gm)
Perihelion	2.4451548 AU (365.78995 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.123366 AU (467.2489 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.2171412
Orbital period	5.52 yr (2016.2 d)
Mean anomaly	184.0496°
Mean motion	0° 10^m 42.794^s / day
Inclination	5.958052°
Longitude of ascending node	28.71606°
Argument of perihelion	250.52131°
Earth MOID	1.43679 AU (214.941 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.40079 AU (209.555 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.170
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	24.375±2.9 km
Rotation period	4 h (0.17 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0225±0.006
Absolute magnitude (H)	11.0

1354 Botha (1935 GK) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 3, 1935, by Jackson, C. at Johannesburg (UO).

References

1. "1354 Botha (1935 GK)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

• Behrend, R. (2003) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

External links

• 1354 Botha at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters