Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann |
Discovery site | Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory |
Discovery date | 16 March 1928 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (1303) Luthera |
Named after
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Karl Theodor Robert Luther |
1928 FP | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 87.99 yr (32140 days) |
Aphelion | 3.5678774 AU (533.74686 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.8891744 AU (432.21434 Gm) |
3.228526 AU (482.9806 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.1051104 |
5.80 yr (2118.9 d) | |
130.18142° | |
0° 10m 11.646s / day | |
Inclination | 19.49118° |
72.06236° | |
100.30621° | |
Earth MOID | 1.96855 AU (294.491 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 1.67322 AU (250.310 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.089 |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 85.45 kilometres (53.10 mi) ± 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) Mean diameter |
Mean radius
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±1.05 42.725km |
5.878 h (0.2449 d) | |
±0.003 0.0608 | |
9.0, 9.5 | |
1303 Luthera (1928 FP) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on March 16, 1928, by Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann at Hamburg-Bergedorf Observatory.