721 Tabora
Tabora was named at a conference in Hamburg, Germany in 1913. The name was chosen because the conference was held aboard the passenger cargo liner Tabora of the Deutsche Ost-Afrika Linie.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Franz Kaiser |
| Discovery site | Heidelberg |
| Discovery date | 18 October 1911 |
| Designations | |
| (721) Tabora | |
| 1911 MZ | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 104.47 yr (38159 d) |
| Aphelion | 3.9621 AU (592.72 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 3.1388 AU (469.56 Gm) |
| 3.5504 AU (531.13 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.11595 |
| 6.69 yr (2443.6 d) | |
| 218.961° | |
| 0° 8m 50.388s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.3229° |
| 38.411° | |
| 352.878° | |
| Earth MOID | 2.1434 AU (320.65 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 1.47765 AU (221.053 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.089 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 38.035±1.25 km |
| 7.982 h (0.3326 d) | |
| 0.0604±0.004 | |
| 9.26 | |
References
- "721 Tabora (1911 MZ)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
External links
- 721 Tabora at AstDyS-2, Asteroids—Dynamic Site
- 721 Tabora at the JPL Small-Body Database
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