1394 Algoa

1394 Algoa
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date12 June 1936
Designations
(1394) Algoa
Named after
Algoa Bay
(in South Africa)[2]
1936 LK · 1929 TT
1933 UY1
main-belt · (inner)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc80.42 yr (29,372 days)
Aphelion2.6253 AU
Perihelion2.2531 AU
2.4392 AU
Eccentricity0.0763
3.81 yr (1,391 days)
94.682°
0° 15m 31.32s / day
Inclination2.6746°
178.83°
114.12°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions14.22 km (calculated)[3]
2.768±0.001 h[4][5]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
S[3]
11.11±0.22[6] · 11.6[1][3]

1394 Algoa, provisional designation 1936 LK, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 12 June 1936, by English-born South-African astronomer Cyril Jackson at Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa.[7] The asteroid was named after the historical Algoa Bay.[2]

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