1349 Bechuana
Shape model of Bechuana from its lightcurve | |
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 13 June 1934 |
| Designations | |
| (1349) Bechuana | |
Named after | Bechuanaland (now Republic of Botswana) |
| 1934 LJ · 1934 NH 1950 PA · 1950 QO | |
| main-belt · (outer) background | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 83.06 yr (30,338 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.4872 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.5416 AU |
| 3.0144 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1569 |
| 5.23 yr (1,912 days) | |
| 336.81° | |
| 0° 11m 17.88s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.049° |
| 307.12° | |
| 305.30° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 23.773±0.282 km 24.249±0.334 km 25.80±0.37 km 28.57±1.17 km 46.30 km (calculated) |
| 15.681±0.0099 h 15.6873±0.0001 h 15.692±0.002 h | |
| 0.057 (assumed) 0.150±0.024 0.233±0.008 0.2610±0.0357 | |
| CX · C (assumed) | |
| 10.20 · 10.23±0.44 · 10.250±0.002 (R) · 10.40 · 10.5 | |
1349 Bechuana, provisional designation 1934 LJ, is a background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 26 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 13 June 1934, by South-African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg. The asteroid was named for the former Bechuanaland, what is now the Republic of Botswana.