1029 La Plata
1029 La Plata, provisional designation , is a stony Koronis asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 28 April 1924, by German astronomer Johannes Hartmann at the La Plata Astronomical Observatory in Argentina. It was named after the city of La Plata, Argentina, where the discovering observatory is located. The possibly elongated S-type asteroid has a rotation period of 15.31 hours.
Q565430
Koronis asteroid
Concept
Q2179
asteroid belt
Concept
Q61206
Johannes Hartmann
PER
Q1671108
La Plata Astronomical Observatory
LOC
Q44059
La Plata
Concept
Q543157
S-type asteroid
Concept
Q185981
rotation period
UNK
Q119282
1029 La Plata
CEL
1924-04-28T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
28 April 1924
DATE
+1029^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1029
NUMBER
+15.31^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
15.31
NUMBER
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
time of discovery or invention