1186 Turnera
Shape model of Turnera from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 1 August 1929 |
| Designations | |
| (1186) Turnera | |
Named after | Herbert Hall Turner (British astronomer) |
| 1929 PL · 1930 UO 1930 WL · 1932 CC A919 SE | |
| main-belt · (outer) Eos | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 87.93 yr (32,115 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.3314 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.7190 AU |
| 3.0252 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1012 |
| 5.26 yr (1,922 days) | |
| 252.20° | |
| 0° 11m 14.28s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.752° |
| 42.988° | |
| 295.00° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 34.290±0.275 km 35.56±2.0 km 37.17±7.78 km 39.06±0.57 km 39.19±1.25 km 39.691±0.354 km |
| 12.010 h 12.066±0.004 h 12.085±0.001 h 15±2 h | |
| 0.12±0.04 0.2350±0.0371 0.240±0.026 0.247±0.008 0.2919±0.036 | |
| S (Tholen) · S Sq (SMASS) B–V = 0.790 U–B = 0.430 | |
| 9.20 9.90±0.38 | |
1186 Turnera, provisional designation 1929 PL, is a stony Eoan asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 36 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 1 August 1929, by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg. The asteroid was later named after British astronomer Herbert Hall Turner.