1429 Pemba

1429 Pemba
Discovery[1]
Discovered byC. Jackson
Discovery siteJohannesburg Obs.
Discovery date2 July 1937
Designations
(1429) Pemba
Named after
Pemba Island[2]
(African East coast)
1937 NH · 1949 JK
main-belt · (inner)[3]
background[4]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc79.93 yr (29,193 days)
Aphelion3.4109 AU
Perihelion1.7004 AU
2.5557 AU
Eccentricity0.3347
4.09 yr (1,492 days)
207.67°
0° 14m 28.32s / day
Inclination7.7492°
47.700°
297.82°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions8.71±1.86 km[5]
9.874±0.051 km[6]
10.37 km (taken)[3]
10.371 km[7]
10.531±0.041 km[8]
10.75±0.67 km[9]
20 h[10]
0.1316[3][7]
0.154±0.021[9]
0.1598±0.0235[8]
0.19±0.11[5]
0.196±0.022[6]
S (assumed)[3]
12.4[1] · 12.50[8][9] · 12.74[3][5] · 12.74±0.2[7][10]

1429 Pemba, provisional designation 1937 NH, is a stony background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 10 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 2 July 1937, by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg.[11] The asteroid was named for the Pemba Island off the coast of Tanzania.[2]

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