1490 Limpopo

1490 Limpopo
Lightcurve based 3D-model of Limpopo
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date14 June 1936
Designations
(1490) Limpopo
Named after
Limpopo River[2]
1936 LB · 1931 BL
1937 WJ · 1937 YK
1947 ND · 1965 OD
main-belt · (inner)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc85.81 yr (31,341 days)
Aphelion2.7182 AU
Perihelion1.9869 AU
2.3525 AU
Eccentricity0.1554
3.61 yr (1,318 days)
63.865°
0° 16m 23.16s / day
Inclination10.020°
254.27°
90.817°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions14.844±0.112[4]
16.358±0.045 km[5]
18.55 km (derived)[3]
18.58±1.4 km[6]
19.35±0.27 km[7]
20.21±0.36 km[8]
6.15±0.1 h[9]
6.426±0.003 h[10]
6.647±0.004 h[11]
0.068±0.011[7][4]
0.069±0.003[8]
0.0742 (derived)[3]
0.0811±0.014[6]
0.1048±0.0332[5]
SMASS = Xc[1] · M[5] · X[3]
11.33±0.82[12] · 12.0[5][6][8] · 12.1[1][3][7]

1490 Limpopo, provisional designation 1936 LB, is a carbonaceous–metallic asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 18 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 14 June 1936, by English-born South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa.[13] It was named for the Limpopo River.[2]

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