1359 Prieska

1359 Prieska
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date22 July 1935
Designations
(1359) Prieska
Named after
Prieska (South African town)[2]
1935 OC · A903 UE
A917 HA
main-belt · (outer)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc113.69 yr (41,524 days)
Aphelion3.3306 AU
Perihelion2.9053 AU
3.1179 AU
Eccentricity0.0682
5.51 yr (2,011 days)
232.56°
0° 10m 44.4s / day
Inclination11.105°
64.033°
343.11°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions36.45±9.67 km[4]
46.096±0.136 km[5]
48.491±0.439 km[6]
52.07 km (derived)[3]
52.64±1.07 km[7]
65.86±16.91 km[8]
0.03±0.01[8]
0.042±0.002[7]
0.0494 (derived)[3]
0.0570±0.0085[6]
0.059±0.007[5]
0.07±0.03[4]
Tholen = CX:[1] · CX:[3]
B–V = 0.710[1]
U–B = 0.355[1]
10.3[1][3][6][8] · 10.36[4] · 10.47±0.24[9] · 10.50[7]

1359 Prieska, provisional designation 1935 OC, is a rare-type carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 50 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 22 July 1935, by English-born South-African astronomer Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa.[10] The asteroid was named after the South African town of Prieska.

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