1148 Rarahu
Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Rarahu | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | A. Deutsch |
| Discovery site | Simeiz Obs. |
| Discovery date | 5 July 1929 |
| Designations | |
| (1148) Rarahu | |
Named after | Rarahu (based on a French novel by Pierre Loti) |
| 1929 NA · A924 OA | |
| main-belt · (outer) Eos | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 87.98 yr (32,135 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.3477 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.6909 AU |
| 3.0193 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1088 |
| 5.25 yr (1,916 days) | |
| 278.28° | |
| 0° 11m 16.44s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.827° |
| 145.43° | |
| 174.80° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 26.311±0.283 km 27.512±0.371 km 32.81±0.56 km 33.23±2.9 km 49.11±0.64 km |
| 6.54±0.05 h 6.54448±0.00002 h 6.54449±0.00005 h 6.5447±0.0006 h | |
| 0.064±0.015 0.1393±0.028 0.177±0.007 0.2205±0.0616 | |
| Tholen = S SMASS = K B–V = 0.868 U–B = 0.444 | |
| 10.15 · 10.46±0.35 | |
1148 Rarahu, provisional designation 1929 NA and previously also known as 1148 Raraju, is an Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 32 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by Alexander Deutsch at the Simeiz Observatory in 1929, the asteroid's name was taken from a French novel by Pierre Loti.