Back 1506 كسوسا (كويكب) ARZ (1506) Xosa BAR (1506) Коса CE (1506) Xosa German 1506 Ξόσα Greek 1506 Koso Esperanto (1506) Xosa Spanish 1506 Xosa Basque سیارک ۱۵۰۶ Persian (1506) Xosa French
| Discovery[1] | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 15 May 1939 |
| Designations | |
| (1506) Xosa | |
Named after | Xhosa people (Bantu ethnic group)[2] |
| 1939 JC | |
| main-belt · (middle)[3] | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 77.97 yr (28,477 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2408 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9052 AU |
| 2.5730 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.2595 |
| 4.13 yr (1,507 days) | |
| 338.30° | |
| 0° 14m 19.68s / day | |
| Inclination | 12.550° |
| 234.53° | |
| 45.154° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 11.83 km (calculated)[3] 13.963±0.702 km[4] |
| 5.90±0.01 h (dated)[5] 5.9±0.1 h (dated)[6] 292±3 h[7] 298.0659±5.5273 h[8] | |
| 0.157±0.037[4] 0.20 (assumed)[3] | |
| S[3] | |
| 11.820±0.003 (R)[8] · 11.90[4] · 12.0[1][3] | |
1506 Xosa, provisional designation 1939 JC, is a stony asteroid and slow rotator from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 15 May 1939, by English-born, South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa.[9] It is named for the Xhosa people.[2]
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