1394 Algoa

1394 Algoa
Discovery[1]
Discovered by C. Jackson
Discovery site Johannesburg Obs.
Discovery date 12 June 1936
Designations
MPC designation 1394 Algoa
Named after
Algoa Bay
(in South Africa)[2]
1936 LK · 1929 TT
1933 UY1
main-belt · (inner)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 79.81 yr (29152 days)
Aphelion 2.6242 AU (392.57 Gm)
Perihelion 2.2532 AU (337.07 Gm)
2.4387 AU (364.82 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.076075
3.81 yr (1391.0 d)
351.25°
 15m 31.68s / day
Inclination 2.6745°
178.83°
114.05°
Earth MOID 1.23841 AU (185.263 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.48295 AU (371.444 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.497
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 14.22 km (calculated)[3]
2.768 h (0.1153 d)[1][4][5]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
S[3]
11.6[1]

    1394 Algoa, provisional designation 1936 LK, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, about 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 12 June 1936, by English-born South-African astronomer Cyril Jackson at Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa.[6]

    The S-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.3–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 10 months (1,392 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.08 and is tilted by 3 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. It has a rotation period of 2.768 hours[4][5] and an assumed albedo of 0.20.[3]

    The minor planet is named after the historical Algoa Bay, about 700 kilometers east of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1394 Algoa (1936 LK)" (2015-06-14 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1394) Algoa. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 113. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved October 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 "LCDB Data for (1394) Algoa". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved December 2015.
    4. 1 2 Klinglesmith, Daniel A., III; Risley, Ethan; Turk, Janek; Vargas, Angelica; Warren, Curtis (January 2013). "Lightcurves for 1394 Algoa, 3078 Horrocks, 4724 Brocken, and 6329 Hikonejyo from Etscorn Campus Observatory". The Minor Planet Bulletin 40 (1): 16–17. Bibcode:2013MPBu...40...16K. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved December 2015.
    5. 1 2 Hills, Kevin (October 2012). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at Riverland Dingo Observatory: 1394 Algoa, 1660 Wood, 8882 Sakaetamura, and (15269) 1990 XF". The Minor Planet Bulletin 39 (4): 239–240. Bibcode:2012MPBu...39..239H. ISSN 1052-8091. Retrieved December 2015.
    6. "1394 Algoa (1936 LK)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved December 2015.

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