1242 Zambesia

Zambesia

Discovery
Discovered by	C. Jackson
Discovery site	Johannesburg (UO)
Discovery date	28 April 1932
Designations
MPC designation	1242
Alternative names	1932 HL, 1947 TE, 1948 AC, 1967 EF, A908 BF
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	108.13 yr (39494 days)
Aphelion	3.2545953 AU (486.88053 Gm)
Perihelion	2.2168334 AU (331.63356 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.735714 AU (409.2570 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1896693
Orbital period	4.52 yr (1652.7 d)
Mean anomaly	52.679612°
Mean motion	0° 13^m 4.152^s / day
Inclination	10.17092°
Longitude of ascending node	350.02034°
Argument of perihelion	52.64640°
Earth MOID	1.23941 AU (185.413 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.27121 AU (339.768 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.303
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	23.85±0.8 km
Rotation period	15.72 h (0.655 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0708±0.005
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.4

1242 Zambesia (1932 HL) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 28, 1932, by C. Jackson at Johannesburg (UO).

References

1. "1242 Zambesia (1932 HL)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

• Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link (CALL) (2011) http://www.minorplanetobserver.com/DATA/submissions_results.htm

External links

• 1242 Zambesia at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters