1393 Sofala

Sofala
Discovery
Discovered by	C. Jackson
Discovery site	Johannesburg (UO)
Discovery date	25 May 1936
Designations
MPC designation	1393
Named after	Sofala Province
Alternative names	1936 KD
Orbital characteristics^[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	79.87 yr (29171 days)
Aphelion	2.6989439 AU (403.75626 Gm)
Perihelion	2.1682264 AU (324.36205 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.433585 AU (364.0591 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1090403
Orbital period	3.80 yr (1386.7 d)
Mean anomaly	43.076036°
Mean motion	0° 15^m 34.624^s / day
Inclination	5.847466°
Longitude of ascending node	56.70536°
Argument of perihelion	183.33848°
Earth MOID	1.15566 AU (172.884 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.29875 AU (343.888 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.491
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	108 h (4.5 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.0

1393 Sofala (1936 KD) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on May 25, 1936, by C. Jackson at Johannesburg (UO).

References

↑ "1393 Sofala (1936 KD)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

Behrend, R. (2008) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

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