1242 Zambesia

1242 Zambesia
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date28 April 1932
Designations
(1242) Zambesia
Named after
Zambezi basin[2]
(southern Africa)
1932 HL · 1947 TE
1948 AC · 1967 EF
A908 BF
main-belt · (middle)
background[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc109.42 yr (39,966 days)
Aphelion3.2569 AU
Perihelion2.2201 AU
2.7385 AU
Eccentricity0.1893
4.53 yr (1,655 days)
139.42°
0° 13m 3s / day
Inclination10.163°
350.01°
52.968°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions42.16±11.24 km[4]
47.54 km (derived)[5]
47.594±0.347 km[6]
47.70±1.6 km[7]
52.668±0.952 km[8]
53.70±3.05 km[9]
62.23±0.79 km[10]
72.818±22.99 km[11]
15.72±0.14 h[a]
17.305 h[b]
>24 h (poor)[12]
0.0252±0.0184[11]
0.04±0.01[9]
0.043±0.001[10]
0.045±0.032[4]
0.0541 (derived)[5]
0.058±0.010[6]
0.0581±0.0040[8]
0.0708±0.005[7]
C (S3OS2)[13]
10.10[7][8][10] · 10.40[1][5][11] · 10.41[9] · 10.87[4]

1242 Zambesia (prov. designation: 1932 HL) is a dark background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 48 kilometers (30 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 28 April 1932, by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg.[14] The asteroid was named for the large Zambezi basin in southern Africa.[2]

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