1505 Koranna

1505 Koranna
Discovery[1]
Discovered by Cyril V. Jackson
Discovery site Union Observatory
Discovery date 21 April 1939
Designations
MPC designation 1505
1939 HH
main belt[2]
Orbital characteristics[2][3]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 80.79 yr (29508 days)
Aphelion 3.01573 AU (451.147 Gm)
Perihelion 2.30291 AU (344.510 Gm)
2.65932 AU (397.829 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.134022
4.34 yr (1584.0 d)
284.852°
0° 13m 38.183s / day
Inclination 14.4655°
248.314°
342.635°
Earth MOID 1.2947 AU (193.68 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.01653 AU (301.669 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.329
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 20.88 kilometres (12.97 mi) ± 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi)
Mean diameter[4]
Mean radius
 10.44±1.05 km
4.451 ± 0.001 hours,[5] 4.451 h (0.1855 d)[2]
0.0929±0.022[2][4]
11.6,[6] 11.3[2]

    1505 Koranna (1939 HH) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 21, 1939, by Cyril V. Jackson at Union Observatory.[1] It is named for a tribe of bushmen from the Kalahari Desert.[7]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
    2. 1 2 3 4 5 "1505 Koranna (1939 HH)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
    3. ↑ "(1505) Koranna". AstDyS. Italy: University of Pisa. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
    4. 1 2 Tedesco; et al. (2004). "Supplemental IRAS Minor Planet Survey (SIMPS)". IRAS-A-FPA-3-RDR-IMPS-V6.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
    5. ↑ Oliver; et al. (2008). "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory: 2008 March". The Minor Planet Bulletin 35 (4): 149–150. Bibcode:2008MPBu...35..149O.
    6. ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2008.
    7. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz (2003). Dictionary of minor planet names (fifth ed.). Germany: Springer. p. 120. ISBN 978-3-540-00238-3. Retrieved December 28, 2008.

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