(1641) Tana Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 July 1935 by C. Jackson at Johannesburg.
Named for a river in Kenya.Naming citation (MPC 5183), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tana is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tana is 3.20 au from the Sun and 3.27 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1641 |
| Provisional designation | 1935 OJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 25.7 km (#1,642 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0739 |
| Rotation period | 7.95 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 10.54 |
| Orbital period | 5.25 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.02 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.73 – 3.31 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0974 |
| Inclination | 9.32° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.71 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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