1355 Magoeba
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 30 April 1935 |
| Designations | |
| (1355) Magoeba | |
Named after | Magoeba (South African chief) |
| 1935 HE | |
| main-belt · Hungaria | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 81.71 yr (29,843 days) |
| Aphelion | 1.9363 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.7707 AU |
| 1.8535 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0447 |
| 2.52 yr (922 days) | |
| 245.86° | |
| 0° 23m 26.16s / day | |
| Inclination | 22.827° |
| 225.25° | |
| 340.40° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 4.276±0.170 km 4.828±0.094 km 5.96 km (calculated) |
| 2.9712±0.0003 h 2.972±0.002 h 2.975±0.002 h 5.946±0.005 h 5.99±0.05 h 31.65±0.05 h 32.9±0.1 h | |
| 0.267±0.095 0.3 (assumed) 0.4663±0.0824 0.582±0.049 | |
| Tholen = X · M · E · X B–V = 0.713 U–B = 0.255 | |
| 13.02±0.22 · 13.05 | |
1355 Magoeba, provisional designation 1935 HE, is a Hungaria asteroid and a suspected contact-binary from the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 April 1935, by English-born, South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa. The asteroid is named for Magoeba, a tribal chief in the South African Transvaal Province.