1186 Turnera

1186 Turnera
Discovery [1]
Discovered by C. Jackson
Discovery site Johannesburg (UO)
Discovery date 1 August 1929
Designations
MPC designation 1186 Turnera
Named after
 Herbert Hall Turner[2]
1929 PL · 1930 UO
1930 WL · 1932 CC
A919 SE
main-belt
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 86.71 yr (31671 days)
Aphelion 3.3344 AU (498.82 Gm)
Perihelion 2.7121 AU (405.72 Gm)
3.0233 AU (452.28 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.10291
5.26 yr (1920.0 d)
178.02°
0° 11m 15s / day
Inclination 10.739°
43.046°
294.37°
Earth MOID 1.72543 AU (258.121 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.08187 AU (311.443 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.211
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 35.6 km
Mean radius
 17.78±1 km
12.066 h (0.5028 d)
0.2919±0.036
B–V = 0.790
U–B = 0.430
S (Tholen), Sq (SMASS)
9.20

    1186 Turnera, provisional designation 1929 PL, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 1, 1929, by Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Union Observatory in South Africa. The relatively bright, stony S-type asteroid measures about 36 kilometers in diameter.[1]

    Turnera is named in honor of the British astronomer Herbert Hall Turner (1861–1930), director of the Oxford University Observatory.[2] He is also credited with coining the term "parsec".

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 1186 Turnera (1929 PL)" (2015-09-22 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
    2. 1 2 Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (1186) Turnera. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 99. ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

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