1261 Legia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | E. Delporte |
| Discovery site | Uccle Obs. |
| Discovery date | 23 March 1933 |
| Designations | |
| (1261) Legia | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈliːdʒiə/ |
Named after | Latin name for Liège (Belgian city) |
| 1933 FB · 1938 CS 1938 DH · 1944 FD 1966 DG | |
| main-belt · (outer) Themis · background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 84.28 yr (30,785 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.6992 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.5758 AU |
| 3.1375 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1790 |
| 5.56 yr (2,030 days) | |
| 57.530° | |
| 0° 10m 38.28s / day | |
| Inclination | 2.4274° |
| 67.282° | |
| 104.64° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 31.20 km (derived) 31.26±11.50 km 31.28±1.3 km 32.13±0.66 km 32.576±0.126 km 35.324±0.345 km 36.56±0.35 km |
| 8.693±0.007 h | |
| 0.048±0.009 0.0564±0.0127 0.06±0.05 0.0601 (derived) 0.067±0.004 0.070±0.003 0.0719±0.006 | |
| P · S (assumed) | |
| 11.00 · 11.10 · 11.12±0.72 · 11.2 · 11.29 | |
1261 Legia, provisional designation 1933 FB, is a dark Themistian asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 32 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 23 March 1933, by astronomer Eugène Delporte at the Royal Observatory of Belgium in Uccle. The asteroid was named for the Belgian city of Liège (Luke).