(1429) Pemba
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Asteroid (1429) Pemba |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5561 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.3358 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.6981 AU - 3.4141 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 7.748 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4,087 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.63 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 10 km |
| Albedo | ? |
| Rotation period | ? H |
| Absolute brightness | 12.3 mag |
| Spectral class | ? |
| history | |
| Explorer | Cyril V. Jackson |
| Date of discovery | July 2, 1937 |
| Another name | 1937 NH, 1949 JK |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(1429) Pemba is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 2 July 1937 by the South African astronomer Cyril V. Jackson in Johannesburg was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the island of Pemba, which belongs to Tanzania .