(1634) Ndola Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 August 1935 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.
Named for the most important mining town in Zambia.Naming citation (MPC 5182), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ndola is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ndola is 2.09 au from the Sun and 1.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1634 |
| Provisional designation | 1935 QP |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.04 km (#5,736 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.179 |
| Rotation period | 64.2 hours |
| Spectral type | S |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.93 |
| Orbital period | 3.37 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.88 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.163 |
| Inclination | 7.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.863 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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