1356 Nyanza

1356 Nyanza
Modelled shape of Nyanza from its lightcurve
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date3 May 1935
Designations
(1356) Nyanza
Named after
Nyanza Province[2]
(former province of Kenya)
1935 JH · 1929 EL
1929 JH · 1929 JJ
1931 TB3
main-belt · (outer)[3]
background[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc86.06 yr (31,435 days)
Aphelion3.2359 AU
Perihelion2.9288 AU
3.0823 AU
Eccentricity0.0498
5.41 yr (1,977 days)
307.99°
0° 10m 55.56s / day
Inclination7.9461°
69.627°
302.27°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions60.078±0.289 km[5]
60.895±0.757 km[6]
61.05±20.58 km[7]
62.46±0.89 km[8]
64.59 km (derived)[3]
64.73±5.1 km[9]
12.422±0.006 h[10]
0.0352 (derived)[3]
0.04±0.02[7]
0.0462±0.008[9]
0.050±0.002[8]
0.052±0.007[6]
0.0537±0.0090[5]
P[5] · C (assumed)[3]
9.90[5][8][9] · 10.20[1][3][7]

1356 Nyanza, provisional designation 1935 JH, is a dark asteroid from the background population of the outer asteroid belt, approximately 63 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 3 May 1935, by South-African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg.[11] The asteroid was named for the former Nyanza Province in Kenya, Africa.[2]

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