Discovered by C. Jackson Alternative names 1932 RO Discovered 1 September 1932 Discoverer Cyril Jackson Discovery site Union Observatory MPC designation 1248 | Discovery date 1 September 1932 Observation arc 114.42 yr (41792 days) Orbits Sun Named after Jugurtha Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Aphelion 2.7661046 AU (413.80336 Gm) Perihelion 2.6761567 AU (400.34734 Gm) | ||
1248 Jugurtha (also known as 1932 RO, 1930 DU, A901 VE, and A915 XB) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 1, 1932, by Cyril V. Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa, and independently rediscovered later in the same month by Grigory Neujmin at the Simeiz Observatory in Ukraine. It is named after Jugurtha, who was a king of Numidia, in North Africa, in the second century BC.
1248 Jugurtha is estimated to be approximately 76 km in diameter, and has a synodic period of rotation of approximately 12.19 hours.
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