1356 Nyanza

Nyanza

Discovery
Discovered by	C. Jackson
Discovery site	Johannesburg (UO)
Discovery date	3 May 1935
Designations
MPC designation	1356
Named after	Nyanza Province
Alternative names	1935 JH
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	84.52 yr (30871 days)
Aphelion	3.2348860 AU (483.93206 Gm)
Perihelion	2.9290103 AU (438.17370 Gm)
Semi-major axis	3.081948 AU (461.0529 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.0496238
Orbital period	5.41 yr (1976.2 d)
Mean anomaly	234.9538°
Mean motion	0° 10^m 55.796^s / day
Inclination	7.946374°
Longitude of ascending node	69.62899°
Argument of perihelion	302.41445°
Earth MOID	1.93871 AU (290.027 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.04141 AU (305.391 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.211
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	32.365±2.55 km
Rotation period	12.422 h (0.5176 d)
Geometric albedo	0.0462±0.008
Absolute magnitude (H)	10.2

1356 Nyanza (1935 JH) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 3, 1935, by C. Jackson at Johannesburg (UO).

References

1. "1356 Nyanza (1935 JH)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

• Behrend, R. (2005) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1356 Nyanza
• 1356 Nyanza at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters