1467 Mashona

1467 Mashona
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date30 July 1938
Designations
(1467) Mashona
Named after
Shona people (Mashona)
(natives of Mashonaland)[2]
1938 OE · 1930 DL
1936 DK · 1936 FA1
1948 EG · A923 CB
main-belt · (outer)[1]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc94.41 yr (34,483 days)
Aphelion3.8268 AU
Perihelion2.9485 AU
3.3877 AU
Eccentricity0.1296
6.24 yr (2,277 days)
255.30°
0° 9m 29.16s / day
Inclination21.910°
326.50°
349.55°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions89.160±0.728 km[3]
90.93±28.77 km[4]
95.08±1.30 km[5]
104.119±1.062 km[6]
107.54 km (calculated)[7]
9.740±0.0029 h[8]
9.744±0.001 h[9]
9.76 h[10]
0.05±0.03[4]
0.057 (assumed)[7]
0.0609±0.0111[6]
0.074±0.002[5]
0.083±0.014[3]
Tholen = GC[1] · GC[7]
B–V = 0.743[1]
U–B = 0.373[1]
8.515±0.001 (R)[8]
8.57[1][4][5][6][7]

1467 Mashona, provisional designation 1938 OE, is a rare-type carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 100 kilometers in diameter, making it one of the top 200 largest asteroids currently known to exist. It was discovered on 30 July 1938, by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa.[11] It was later named after the native Shona people of Zimbabwe.[2]

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