1264 Letaba

Letaba
Discovery
Discovered by	C. Jackson
Discovery site	Johannesburg (UO)
Discovery date	21 April 1933
Designations
MPC designation	1264
Named after	Letaba River
Alternative names	1933 HG
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	82.99 yr (30313 days)
Aphelion	3.3094983 AU (495.09390 Gm)
Perihelion	2.4224637 AU (362.39541 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.865981 AU (428.7447 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1547524
Orbital period	4.85 yr (1772.2 d)
Mean anomaly	31.147785°
Mean motion	0° 12^m 11.302^s / day
Inclination	24.95168°
Longitude of ascending node	235.05744°
Argument of perihelion	31.45406°
Earth MOID	1.43177 AU (214.190 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	1.77735 AU (265.888 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.145
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	74 km
Mean radius	7001373700000000000♠37.37±1.05 km
Rotation period	32.16 h (1.340 d)
Sidereal rotation period	32.2 h
Geometric albedo	6998725000000000000♠0.0725±0.004
Absolute magnitude (H)	9.6

1264 Letaba (1933 HG) is a 74 km main-belt asteroid discovered on April 21, 1933, by C. Jackson at Johannesburg (UO).

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