1393 Sofala

1393 Sofala
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date25 May 1936
Designations
(1393) Sofala
Named after
Sofala
(Province in Mozambique)[2]
1936 KD · 1928 FB
1951 GL · 1956 TE
1958 CA · 1971 SJ
1975 UB
main-belt · (inner)
Vestian[3] · background[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc89.54 yr (32,703 days)
Aphelion2.6997 AU
Perihelion2.1685 AU
2.4341 AU
Eccentricity0.1091
3.80 yr (1,387 days)
146.78°
0° 15m 34.2s / day
Inclination5.8476°
56.701°
183.46°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions11.214±0.495 km[5]
11.30 km (calculated)[3]
7.8 h (poor)[6]
16.5931±0.0005 h[7]
108.259±0.7031 h[8]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
0.223±0.046[5]
S (assumed)[3]
11.835±0.002 (R)[8] · 12.00[5] · 12.1[1][3] · 12.42±0.78[9]

1393 Sofala, provisional designation 1936 KD, is a Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 11 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 25 May 1936, by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg.[10] The asteroid was named after the province of Sofala in Mozambique.[2]

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