1040 Klumpkea

1040 Klumpkea
Shape model of Klumpkea from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byB. Jekhovsky
Discovery siteAlgiers Obs.
Discovery date20 January 1925
Designations
(1040) Klumpkea
Named after
Dorothea Klumpke[2]
(American astronomer)
1925 BD · 1930 DC1
1936 BB
main-belt[1][3] · (outer)
Tirela[4]
Orbital characteristics[3]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc93.10 yr (34,005 d)
Aphelion3.7117 AU
Perihelion2.5142 AU
3.1129 AU
Eccentricity0.1923
5.49 yr (2,006 d)
4.1328°
0° 10m 46.2s / day
Inclination16.688°
280.17°
158.00°
Physical characteristics
22.340±0.175 km[5][6]
22.669±0.304 km[7]
23.13±0.38 km[8]
34.98±4.3 km[9]
59.2±0.1 h[10]
0.0630[9]
0.237[8]
0.2387[7]
0.245[5][6]
C (assumed)[11]
S (possible)
10.40[5][7][8]
10.5[1][3][11]
10.9[9]

1040 Klumpkea, provisional designation 1925 BD, is a Tirela asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 23 kilometers (14 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 20 January 1925, by Russian–French astronomer Benjamin Jekhowsky at the Algiers Observatory in North Africa.[1] This highly elongated asteroid is the largest member of the stony Tirela family – also known as the Klumpkea family – and has a longer than average rotation period of 59.2 hours.[11] It was named after American astronomer Dorothea Klumpke.[2]

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