1383 Limburgia
| Discovery [1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | H. van Gent |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. (Leiden Southern Station) |
| Discovery date | 9 September 1934 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1383 Limburgia |
|
Named after
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Limburg (Dutch province)[2] |
| 1934 RV · 1929 UQ 1929 VJ · A923 PA |
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| main-belt · (outer) [3] | |
| Orbital characteristics [1] | |
| Epoch 27 June 2015 (JD 2457200.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 92.17 yr (33,665 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.6663 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.4906 AU |
| 3.0784 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1909 |
| 5.40 yr (1,973 days) | |
| 331.76° | |
| Inclination | 0.0523° |
| 193.90° | |
| 164.90° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 22.32 km 25.186±0.086 km[4] 26.66±0.27 km[5] 22.18 km (derived)[3] |
| 5 h[6] | |
| 0.0891 0.0419±0.0053[4] 0.039±0.010[5] 0.0569 (derived)[3] |
|
| C [3] | |
| 12.0 | |
1383 Limburgia, provisional designation 1934 RV, is a dark, carbonaceous asteroid with a perfectly ecliptical orbit from the outer region of the asteroid belt, about 22 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Dutch astronomer Hendrik van Gent at the Leiden Southern Station, annex to the Johannesburg Observatory, South Africa, on 9 September 1934.[7]
The C-type asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.5–3.7 AU once every 5 years and 5 months (1,973 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.19 and is coplanar to the plane of the ecliptic, inclined by merely one-twentieth of a degree. It has a rotation period of 5 hours[6] and an albedo of 0.04 and 0.08, depending on different data-sets form the WISE and subsequent NEOWISE mission, respectively.[4][5]
The minor planet was named after the Dutch province Limburg, the southernmost of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands.[2]
References
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External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center
- 1383 Limburgia at the JPL Small-Body Database
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