738 Alagasta

738 Alagasta
Discovery
Discovered by	Franz Kaiser
Discovery site	Heidelberg
Discovery date	7 January 1913
Designations
Alternative names	1913 QO
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	103.27 yr (37720 d)
Aphelion	3.2040 AU (479.31 Gm)
Perihelion	2.8698 AU (429.32 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.0369 AU (454.31 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.055023
Orbital period	5.29 yr (1933.1 d)
Mean anomaly	146.545°
Mean motion	0° 11^m 10.428^s / day
Inclination	3.5344°
Longitude of ascending node	132.115°
Argument of perihelion	41.826°
Earth MOID	1.87517 AU (280.521 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.76226 AU (263.630 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.236
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	7001313950000000000♠31.395±0.6 km
Rotation period	18.86 h (0.786 d)^[1]
Geometric albedo	6998398000000000000♠0.0398±0.002^[1]
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.13^[1]

738 Alagasta is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. The asteroid is roughly 63 km in diameter and has a low albedo.^[1]

References

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