1429 Pemba

Pemba
Discovery
Discovered by C. Jackson
Discovery site Johannesburg (UO)
Discovery date 2 July 1937
Designations
MPC designation 1429
Named after
Pemba Island
1937 NH
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 78.74 yr (28759 days)
Aphelion 3.4109338 AU (510.26843 Gm)
Perihelion 1.6964268 AU (253.78184 Gm)
2.553680 AU (382.0251 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.3356934
4.08 yr (1490.6 d)
111.11676°
 14m 29.475s / day
Inclination 7.748144°
47.72357°
297.77735°
Earth MOID 0.706126 AU (105.6349 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.05377 AU (307.240 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.345
Physical characteristics
20 h (0.83 d)
12.3

    1429 Pemba (1937 NH) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 2, 1937, by C. Jackson at Johannesburg (UO).

    References

    • Harris, A.W.; Young, J.W.; Bowell, E.; Tholen, D.J. (1999) Icarus 142, 173-201.

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