Discovered by C. Jackson MPC designation 1186 Turnera Observation arc 86.71 yr (31671 days) Orbits Sun Named after Herbert Hall Turner Discovery site Union Observatory | Discovery date 1 August 1929 Minor planet category main-belt Discovered 1 August 1929 Discoverer Cyril Jackson Asteroid family Eos family | |
Alternative names 1929 PL · 1930 UO
1930 WL · 1932 CC
A919 SE Similar 1111 Reinmuthia, 1188 Gothlandia, 216 Kleopatra, Sun | ||
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.
Turnera is named in honor of the British astronomer Herbert Hall Turner (1861–1930), director of the Oxford University Observatory. He is also credited with coining the term "parsec".
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