1506 Xosa
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | C. Jackson |
| Discovery site | Johannesburg Obs. |
| Discovery date | 15 May 1939 |
| Designations | |
| (1506) Xosa | |
Named after | Xhosa people (Bantu ethnic group) |
| 1939 JC | |
| main-belt · (middle) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 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) 13.963±0.702 km |
| 5.90±0.01 h (dated) 5.9±0.1 h (dated) 292±3 h 298.0659±5.5273 h | |
| 0.157±0.037 0.20 (assumed) | |
| S | |
| 11.820±0.003 (R) · 11.90 · 12.0 | |
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. It is named for the Xhosa people.