Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Cyril V. Jackson |
Discovery site | Union Observatory |
Discovery date | 21 April 1939 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (1505) Koranna |
1939 HH | |
main belt | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 80.79 yr (29508 days) |
Aphelion | 3.01573 AU (451.147 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.30291 AU (344.510 Gm) |
2.65932 AU (397.829 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.134022 |
4.34 yr (1584.0 d) | |
284.852° | |
0° 13m 38.183s / day | |
Inclination | 14.4655° |
248.314° | |
342.635° | |
Earth MOID | 1.2947 AU (193.68 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.01653 AU (301.669 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.329 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 20.88 kilometres (12.97 mi) ± 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) Mean diameter |
Mean radius
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±1.05 10.44km |
4.451 ± 0.001 hours, 4.451 h (0.1855 d) | |
±0.022 0.0929 | |
11.6, 11.3 | |
1505 Koranna (1939 HH) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 21, 1939, by Cyril V. Jackson at Union Observatory. It is named after the Koranna people (more accurately known as the Griqua) from the Kalahari Desert.