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	7001238500000000000♠23.85±0.8 km
Rotation period	15.72 h (0.655 d)
Geometric albedo	6998708000000000000♠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).

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