(1949) Messina Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 July 1936 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.
Named for a copper-mining town on the border between South Africa and Zimbabwe-Rhodesia.Naming citation (MPC 5183), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Messina is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Messina is 2.90 au from the Sun and 3.44 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1949 |
| Provisional designation | 1936 NE |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.56 km (#13,798 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.608 |
| Rotation period | 3.65 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.55 |
| Orbital period | 3.68 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.84 – 2.93 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.229 |
| Inclination | 4.65° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.834 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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