1305 Pongola

1305 Phongol0
Discovery[1]
Discovered byH. E. Wood
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date19 July 1928
Designations
(1305) Phongola
Named after
Pongola River[2]
(South Africa river)
1928 OC · 1927 FD
1929 SQ · 1932 FA
1933 MB · 1979 NE
main-belt · (outer)[3]
background[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc90.59 yr (33,087 days)
Aphelion3.2336 AU
Perihelion2.7909 AU
3.0123 AU
Eccentricity0.0735
5.23 yr (1,910 days)
89.261°
0° 11m 18.6s / day
Inclination2.3174°
62.956°
146.96°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions24.110±0.277 km[5]
25.12±0.91 km[6]
25.124±0.200 km[7]
41.45 km (derived)[3]
8 h[8]
8.03 h[9]
8.0585±0.0003 h[10]
8.059±0.0015 h[11]
8.06±0.02 h[12]
8.335±0.002 h[13]
0.057 (assumed)[3]
0.157±0.012[6]
0.1576±0.0296[7]
0.169±0.038[5]
C (suspected)[3][9]
B–V = 0.700[1]
10.426±0.002 (R)[11] · 10.64[3][7][9] · 10.65[1][6]

1305 Phongolo, provisional designation 1928 OC, is a background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 25 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 19 July 1928, by English astronomer Harry Edwin Wood at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa.[14] The asteroid was named for the South African Pongola River.[2]

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