948 Jucunda

948 Jucunda
Discovery [1]
Discovered byK. Reinmuth
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date3 March 1921
Designations
(948) Jucunda
Named after
Name picked from the almanac
Lahrer Hinkender Bote [2]
A921 EL · 1921 JE
main-belt [1][3] · (outer)
background [4][5]
Orbital characteristics [3]
Epoch 31 May 2020 (JD 2459000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc98.85 yr (36,104 d)
Aphelion3.5276 AU
Perihelion2.5362 AU
3.0319 AU
Eccentricity0.1635
5.28 yr (1,928 d)
277.84°
0° 11m 12.12s / day
Inclination8.6536°
357.10°
163.29°
Physical characteristics
26.24±0.01 h[8][9]
  • 0.170±0.022[7]
  • 0.196±0.037[6]
C (assumed)[8]
11.5[1][3]

948 Jucunda (provisional designation: A921 EL or 1921 JE) is a background asteroid, approximately 17 kilometers (11 miles) in diameter, located in the outer region of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 3 March 1921, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory in southwest Germany.[1] The asteroid has a longer-than average rotation period of 26.2 hours. It was named after a common German female name, unrelated to the discoverer's contemporaries, that was taken from the almanac Lahrer Hinkender Bote.[2]

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