1354 Botha

1354 Botha
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date3 April 1935
Designations
(1354) Botha
Named after
Louis Botha[2]
(South African prime minister)
1935 GK · 1925 RF
1930 KG · 1931 TP
1935 JK · 1953 TO1
1953 TY2
main-belt · (outer)[3]
background[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc85.55 yr (31,248 days)
Aphelion3.8022 AU
Perihelion2.4451 AU
3.1237 AU
Eccentricity0.2172
5.52 yr (2,017 days)
255.58°
0° 10m 42.6s / day
Inclination5.9581°
28.715°
250.45°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions38.41±12.74 km[5]
41.732±0.504 km[6]
42.54±0.69 km[7]
46.567±0.550 km[8]
48.75±5.8 km[9]
48.82 km (derived)[3]
70.34±0.88 km[10]
4 h (poor)[11]
0.014±0.003[10]
0.0225±0.006[9]
0.0246±0.0047[8]
0.0295 (derived)[3]
0.030±0.001[7]
0.05±0.04[5]
C (assumed)[3]
11.00[1][3][10] · 11.03[5] · 11.20±0.35[12] · 11.30[7][8][9]

1354 Botha, provisional designation 1935 GK, is an exceptionally dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 46 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 April 1935, by South-African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg.[13] The asteroid was named after South African prime minister Louis Botha.[2]

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