1133 Lugduna

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1133 Lugduna [1]
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Van Gent, H.
Discovery date 1929-Sep-13
Epoch Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
Aphelion 2.5950730 AU
Perihelion 1.7774586 AU
Semi-major axis 2.1862658 AU
Eccentricity 0.1869888
Orbital period 1180.7362100 days
3.23 years
Mean anomaly 49.47307 °
Inclination 5.37656 °
Longitude of ascending node 58.33804 °
Argument of perihelion 306.63574 °
Absolute magnitude 12.22 mag

1133 Lugduna is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It makes a revolution around the Sun once every 3 years. It was discovered by H. Van Gent on September 13, 1929 in Johannesburg, South Africa.[1] Lugdunum Batavorum is the Latin name for the city of Leiden, The Netherlands. It was named by the discoverer and the orbit computer, G. Pels. Its provisional designation was 1929 RC1.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved on October 17, 2007.
  2. ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3540002383. 
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