1468 Zomba

1468 Zomba
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date23 July 1938
Designations
(1468) Zomba
Named after
Zomba (Malawian city)[2]
1938 PA
Mars-crosser[1][3][4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc78.47 yr (28,660 days)
Aphelion2.7913 AU
Perihelion1.5998 AU
2.1956 AU
Eccentricity0.2713
3.25 yr (1,188 days)
95.275°
0° 18m 10.8s / day
Inclination9.9388°
308.93°
23.188°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions6.97±1.39 km[5]
8.57 km (calculated)[4]
2.769±0.005 h[6][a]
2.77 h[7]
2.772±0.006 h[8]
2.773±0.001 h[9]
0.20 (assumed)[4]
0.302±0.121[5]
Q[10] · S (assumed)[4]
12.70[1][4][5] · 13.05±0.45[10]

1468 Zomba, provisional designation 1938 PA, is a stony asteroid and large Mars-crosser near the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. Discovered by Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Observatory in 1938, the asteroid was named after the city of Zomba in the Republic of Malawi.[3]

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