MPC designation 1040 Klumpkea Discovered 20 January 1925 Orbits Sun Discovery site Algiers Observatory | Discovery date 20 January 1925 Alternative names 1925 BD Observation arc 91.22 yr (33318 days) Absolute magnitude 10.3 Discoverer Benjamin Jekhowsky Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Similar 1002 Olbersia, 1056 Azalea, 1001 Gaussia, 1036 Ganymed, Sun | ||
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. It is the parent body of the small Klumpkea family of asteroids.
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