1430 Somalia

Somalia

Discovery
Discovered by	C. Jackson
Discovery site	Johannesburg
Discovery date	5 July 1937
Designations
MPC designation	1430
Named after	Somalia
Alternative names	1937 NK
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc	78.55 yr (28689 days)
Aphelion	3.0677916 AU (458.93509 Gm)
Perihelion	2.0512451 AU (306.86190 Gm)
Semi-major axis	2.559518 AU (382.8984 Gm)
Eccentricity	0.1985816
Orbital period	4.09 yr (1495.7 d)
Mean anomaly	88.155463°
Mean motion	0° 14^m 26.501^s / day
Inclination	3.288115°
Longitude of ascending node	327.25321°
Argument of perihelion	351.48429°
Earth MOID	1.03765 AU (155.230 Gm)
Jupiter MOID	2.2311 AU (333.77 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter	3.405
Physical characteristics
Rotation period	6.913 h (0.2880 d)
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.1

1430 Somalia (1937 NK) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 5, 1937, by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.

References

1. "1430 Somalia (1937 NK)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

• Behrend, R. (2011) Observatoire de Geneve web site, http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html

External links

• JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 1430 Somalia
• 1430 Somalia at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters