(1278) Kenya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 June 1933 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.
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Where Kenya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kenya is 1.95 au from the Sun and 2.45 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1278 |
| Provisional designation | 1933 LA |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 19.4 km (#2,291 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.195 |
| Rotation period | 188 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.95 |
| Orbital period | 3.73 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.77 – 3.04 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.264 |
| Inclination | 10.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.784 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 15 June 1933
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- (1116) Catriona
- (1186) Turnera
- (1193) Africa
- (1194) Aletta
- (1195) Orangia
- (1196) Sheba
- (1197) Rhodesia
- (1242) Zambesia
- (1243) Pamela
- (1244) Deira
- (1245) Calvinia
- (1246) Chaka
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