1282 Utopia
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 17 August 1933 |
| Designations | |
| (1282) Utopia | |
| Pronunciation | /juːˈtoʊpiə/ |
Named after | Utopia (fictional island society) |
| 1933 QM1 · 1930 CA 1933 QB1 · 1933 RF 1939 RB · 1955 SO1 | |
| main-belt · (outer) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 84.09 yr (30,715 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.5049 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.7293 AU |
| 3.1171 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1244 |
| 5.50 yr (2,010 days) | |
| 23.825° | |
| 0° 10m 44.76s / day | |
| Inclination | 18.040° |
| 324.31° | |
| 79.265° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 52.91 km (derived) 53.07±3.7 km 54.48±19.56 km 57.702±0.300 km 58.77±0.72 km 64.414±0.843 km 64.71±0.58 km |
| 13.60±0.05 h 13.61±0.01 h 13.6228±0.0005 h 13.623±0.002 h | |
| 0.035±0.008 0.04±0.05 0.0426±0.0086 0.0479 (derived) 0.052±0.002 0.053±0.007 0.0627±0.010 | |
| P · C (assumed) | |
| 10.00 · 10.20 · 10.27 · 10.3 | |
1282 Utopia (symbol: ) /juːˈtoʊpiə/ is a dark asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 55 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 17 August 1933, by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg, and given the provisional designation 1933 QM1. The asteroid was named after the fictional island of Utopia.
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