Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | M. F. Wolf |
Discovery site | Heidelberg Obs. |
Discovery date | 24 November 1924 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (1038) Tuckia |
Named after | Edward Tuck (American philanthropist)[2] |
Alternative designations | 1924 TK · 1932 VA |
Minor planet category | main-belt · (outer)[1] Hilda[3][4] |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 92.34 yr (33,728 days) |
Aphelion | 4.8595 AU |
Perihelion | 3.1044 AU |
Semi-major axis | 3.9820 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.2204 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 7.95 yr (2,902 days) |
Mean anomaly | 340.94° |
Mean motion | 0° 7m 26.4s / day |
Inclination | 9.1840° |
Longitude of ascending node | 57.769° |
Argument of perihelion | 305.02° |
Jupiter MOID | 0.7613 AU |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 52.69±2.41 km[5] 58.3 km (DASTCOM)[1] 58.36 km (derived)[4] |
Synodic rotation period | 23.2 h[6] |
Geometric albedo | 0.0244±0.006[1] 0.030±0.003[5] 0.0304 (derived)[4] |
Spectral type | Tholen = DTU:[1] · DTU:[4] B–V = 0.768[1] U–B = 0.232[1] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.58[4][6] · 10.60±0.45[7] · 10.82[1][5] |
1038 Tuckia, provisional designation 1924 TK, is rare-type Hilda asteroid from the outermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 58 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 24 November 1924, by German astronomer by Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[3] The asteroid was named after American banker Edward Tuck and his wife.[2]
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