1298 Nocturna

1298 Nocturna
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory
Discovery date 7 January 1934
Designations
MPC designation 1298
Named after
 Night
1934 AE
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 111.52 yr (40734 days)
Aphelion 3.5937271 AU (537.61392 Gm)
Perihelion 2.6564819 AU (397.40404 Gm)
3.125105 AU (467.5091 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1499542
5.52 yr (2017.9 d)
79.922658°
0° 10m 42.258s / day
Inclination 5.489895°
299.99577°
58.74079°
Earth MOID 1.65677 AU (247.849 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.87904 AU (281.100 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.190
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 40.04 kilometres (24.88 mi) ± 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi)
Mean diameter [3]
Mean radius
 20.02±1 km
34.80 h (1.450 d)
0.0578±0.006 [2][3]
10.7,[4] 11.0 [2]

    1298 Nocturna (1934 AE) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 7, 1934, by Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory.[1]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000)". IAU: Minor Planet Center. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
    2. 1 2 3 "1298 Nocturna (1934 AE)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
    3. 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 2010-01-17. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
    4. ↑ Tholen (2007). "Asteroid Absolute Magnitudes". EAR-A-5-DDR-ASTERMAG-V11.0. Planetary Data System. Archived from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2009.

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