(1819) Laputa
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Asteroid (1819) Laputa |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3,140 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.224 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.436 AU - 3.844 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 23.893 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.56 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | (54.165 ± 0.325) km |
| Albedo | 0.050 ± 0.004 |
| Absolute brightness | 10.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | E. L. Johnson |
| Date of discovery | August 9, 1948 |
| Another name | 1948 PC, 1929 CN, 1974 DY |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(1819) Laputa is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 9 August 1948 by E. L. Johnson , from the Union Observatory in Johannesburg , was discovered off.
The asteroid is named after the floating island from the book Gulliver's Travels .