1040 Klumpkea
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Benjamin Jekhowsky[1] |
| Discovery date | 20 January 1925[1] |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 1040 Klumpkea[1] |
| 1925 BD[1] | |
| Main-belt asteroid | |
| Orbital characteristics[2] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 91.22 yr (33318 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.7122 AU (555.34 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 2.5133 AU (375.98 Gm) |
| 3.1127 AU (465.65 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.19258 |
| 5.49 yr (2005.9 d) | |
| 256.41° | |
| 0° 10m 46.092s / day | |
| Inclination | 16.689° |
| 280.19° | |
| 158.06° | |
| Earth MOID | 1.53498 AU (229.630 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.56033 AU (233.422 Gm) |
| Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.126 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 17.5 km |
| 59.2 h (2.47 d) | |
| 0.0630±0.019 | |
| 10.3 | |
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1040 Klumpkea is an asteroid. It was discovered by Russian-French astronomer Benjamin Jekhowsky on January 20, 1925. Its provisional designation was 1925 BD. It was named after Dorothea Klumpke Roberts.[1] It is the parent body of the small Klumpkea family of asteroids.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Schmadel, Lutz (1992). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. 1. Berlin: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
- ↑ "1040 Klumpkea (1925 BD)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
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