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1323 Tugela

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Discovered by
  
C. Jackson

Alternative names
  
1934 LD

Discovered
  
19 May 1934

Discoverer
  
Cyril Jackson

Discovery site
  
Union Observatory

MPC designation
  
1323

Discovery date
  
19 May 1934

Observation arc
  
107.01 yr (39085 days)

Orbits
  
Sun

Named after
  
Tugela River

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Aphelion
  
3.7103183 AU (555.05572 Gm)

Perihelion
  
2.7506887 AU (411.49717 Gm)

1323 Tugela (1934 LD) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on May 19, 1934, by C. Jackson at Johannesburg (UO).

Observations performed at the Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado, during 2007 produced a light curve with a period of 19.50 ± 0.02 hours and a brightness range of 0.25 ± 0.02 in magnitude.

References

1323 Tugela Wikipedia