1428 Mombasa

1428 Mombasa
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date5 July 1937
Designations
(1428) Mombasa
Named after
Mombasa (city, port)[2]
1937 NO · 1933 WO
1949 FA · 1957 YZ
main-belt · (middle)
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 16 February 2017 (JD 2457800.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc82.74 yr (30,219 days)
Aphelion3.2039 AU
Perihelion2.4154 AU
2.8096 AU
Eccentricity0.1403
4.71 yr (1,720 days)
263.81°
0° 12m 33.48s / day
Inclination17.305°
115.72°
252.61°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions52.464±0.268 km[3]
53.35±13.28 km[4]
55.34±0.70 km[5]
56.63±2.0 km[6]
56.83 km (derived)[7]
57.59±19.41 km[8]
62.45±0.73 km[9]
127.203±29.18 km[10]
16.67±0.01 h[a]
17.12±0.01 h[11]
17.6±0.2 h[12]
0.0010±0.0099[10]
0.0240±0.002[6]
0.025±0.001[5]
0.038±0.004[9]
0.04±0.04[8]
0.0415 (derived)[7]
0.06±0.06[4]
SMASS = Xc[1] · P[10] · C[7]
9.95±0.74[13] · 10.20[8][9] · 10.27[4] · 10.3[1][7] · 10.9[5][6][10]

1428 Mombasa, provisional designation 1937 NO, is a dark asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 56 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 5 July 1937, by English-born South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Observatory, South Africa, and later named after Mombasa, Kenya.[2][14]

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