1148 Rarahu

1148 Rarahu [1]

A three-dimensional model of 1148 Rarahu based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered by Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch
Discovery date 5 July 1929
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 86.77 yr (31693 days)
Aphelion 3.3518948 AU (501.43632 Gm)
Perihelion 2.6858377 AU (401.79560 Gm)
3.0188663 AU (451.61597 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1103158
5.25 yr (1915.9 d)
203.69203°
0° 11m 16.458s / day
Inclination 10.84531°
145.52970°
174.33219°
Earth MOID 1.67273 AU (250.237 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.96773 AU (294.368 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.211
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
 16.615±1.45 km
6.5447 h (0.27270 d)
0.1393±0.028

S   (Tholen)

K   (SSMASSII)
10.15

    1148 Rarahu is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. Approximately 33 kilometers in diameter, it makes a revolution around the Sun once every 5 years. It completes one rotation once every 6 hours. It was discovered by Alexander Nikolaevich Deutsch on July 5, 1929.[1] On July 28, it was independently discovered by Cyril V. Jackson and H.E. Wood in Johannesburg, South Africa. Rarahu is the Tahitian name for a girl, taken from the novel Le mariage de Loti (Loti's Marriage) by Louis Marie Julien Viaud, a.k.a. Pierre Loti.The asteroid's provisional name was 1929 NA.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
    2. ↑ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.

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