1133 Lugduna

Infobox Planet
minorplanet = yes
bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name = 1133 Lugduna cite web | title="JPL Small-Body Database Browser" | url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=1133 | accessdate= October 17 | accessyear= 2007 ]
discovery = yes
discoverer = Van Gent, H.
discovered = 1929-Sep-13
epoch = Orbital Elements at Epoch 2454400.5 (2007-Oct-27.0) TDB
aphelion = 2.5950730 AU
perihelion = 1.7774586 AU
semimajor = 2.1862658 AU
eccentricity = 0.1869888
period = 1180.7362100 days
3.23 years
inclination = 5.37656 °
asc_node = 58.33804 °
mean_anomaly = 49.47307 °
arg_peri = 306.63574 °
physical_characteristics = yes| abs_magnitude = 12.22 mag

1133 Lugduna is a main belt asteroid orbiting the Sun. It makes a revolution around the Sun once every 3 years. It was discovered by H. Van Gent on September 13, 1929 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Lugdunum Batavorum is the Latin name for the city of Katwijk, 10 kilometers to the west of Leiden, The Netherlands. It was named by the discoverer and the orbit computer, G. Pels. Its provisional designation was 1929 RC₁. [cite book |last= Schmadel |first= Lutz D. |title= Dictionary of Minor Planet Names |publisher= Springer |year= 2003 |isbn= 3540002383 ]

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