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1429 Pemba

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Discovered by
  
C. Jackson

Alternative names
  
1937 NH

Discovered
  
2 July 1937

Discoverer
  
Cyril Jackson

Discovery site
  
Union Observatory

MPC designation
  
1429

Discovery date
  
2 July 1937

Observation arc
  
78.74 yr (28759 days)

Orbits
  
Sun

Named after
  
Pemba Island

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Aphelion
  
3.4109338 AU (510.26843 Gm)

Perihelion
  
1.6964268 AU (253.78184 Gm)

1429 Pemba (1937 NH) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 2, 1937, by C. Jackson at Johannesburg (UO).

References

1429 Pemba Wikipedia