1467 Mashona
1467 Mashona, provisional designation 1938 OE, is a rare-type carbonaceous asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 100 kilometers in diameter, making it one of the top 200 largest asteroids currently known to exist. It was discovered on 30 July 1938, by South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa. It was later named after the native Shona people of Zimbabwe.
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 30 July 1938 |
| Designations | |
MPC designation | (1467) Mashona |
Named after | Shona people (Mashona) (natives of Mashonaland) |
Alternative designations | 1938 OE · 1930 DL 1936 DK · 1936 FA1 1948 EG · A923 CB |
Minor planet category | main-belt · (outer) |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 94.41 yr (34,483 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.8268 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.9485 AU |
Semi-major axis | 3.3877 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.1296 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 6.24 yr (2,277 days) |
Mean anomaly | 255.30° |
Mean motion | 0° 9m 29.16s / day |
| Inclination | 21.910° |
Longitude of ascending node | 326.50° |
| 349.55° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 89.160±0.728 km 90.93±28.77 km 95.08±1.30 km 104.119±1.062 km 107.54 km (calculated) |
Synodic rotation period | 9.740±0.0029 h 9.744±0.001 h 9.76 h |
| 0.05±0.03 0.057 (assumed) 0.0609±0.0111 0.074±0.002 0.083±0.014 | |
| Tholen = GC · GC B–V = 0.743 U–B = 0.373 | |
| 8.515±0.001 (R) 8.57 | |
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