Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | C. Jackson |
Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
Discovery date | 2 July 1937 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | (1429) Pemba |
Named after | Pemba Island[2] (African East coast) |
Alternative designations | 1937 NH · 1949 JK |
Minor planet category | main-belt · (inner)[3] background[4] |
Orbital characteristics[1] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 79.93 yr (29,193 days) |
Aphelion | 3.4109 AU |
Perihelion | 1.7004 AU |
Semi-major axis | 2.5557 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.3347 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 4.09 yr (1,492 days) |
Mean anomaly | 207.67° |
Mean motion | 0° 14m 28.32s / day |
Inclination | 7.7492° |
Longitude of ascending node | 47.700° |
Argument of perihelion | 297.82° |
Physical characteristics | |
Dimensions | 8.71±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] |
Synodic rotation period | 20 h[10] |
Geometric albedo | 0.1316[3][7] 0.154±0.021[9] 0.1598±0.0235[8] 0.19±0.11[5] 0.196±0.022[6] |
Spectral type | S (assumed)[3] |
Absolute magnitude (H) | 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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