1506 Xosa

1506 Xosa
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date15 May 1939
Designations
(1506) Xosa
Named after
Xhosa people
(Bantu ethnic group)[2]
1939 JC
main-belt · (middle)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc77.97 yr (28,477 days)
Aphelion3.2408 AU
Perihelion1.9052 AU
2.5730 AU
Eccentricity0.2595
4.13 yr (1,507 days)
338.30°
0° 14m 19.68s / day
Inclination12.550°
234.53°
45.154°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions11.83 km (calculated)[3]
13.963±0.702 km[4]
5.90±0.01 h (dated)[5]
5.9±0.1 h (dated)[6]
292±3 h[7]
298.0659±5.5273 h[8]
0.157±0.037[4]
0.20 (assumed)[3]
S[3]
11.820±0.003 (R)[8] · 11.90[4] · 12.0[1][3]

1506 Xosa, provisional designation 1939 JC, is a stony asteroid and slow rotator from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 May 1939, by English-born, South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa.[9] It is named for the Xhosa people.[2]

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