Discovered by C. Jackson Discovery date 26 May 1932 Minor planet category main-belt Orbits Sun | Discovery site Johannesburg (UO) Discovered 26 May 1932 | |
Alternative names 1932 KF · 1948 VT1950 CP · A906 FBA914 YB · A916 DCA917 KE Similar 54 Alexandra, Sun, 10 Hygiea | ||
1245 Calvinia, provisionally designated 1932 KF, is a stony main-belt asteroid with a diameter of about 27 kilometers. It orbits the Sun with a period of 4.92 years at a distance of 2.7–3.1 AU. The S-type asteroid has a high albedo of 0.27 and is therefore relatively bright for its size. Calvinia has been measured to rotate around its axis every 4.84 hours. It was discovered by astronomer Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Union Observatory, South Africa, on May 26, 1932.
This asteroid was named after the regional city Calvinia in the Cape Province of South Africa.
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