(1595) Tanga Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 June 1930 by Jackson, C., Wood, H. E. at Johannesburg.
Named for a port on the eastern seaboard of Tanzania.Naming citation (MPC 5182), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Tanga is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Tanga is 2.81 au from the Sun and 2.31 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 1595 |
| Provisional designation | 1930 ME |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 26.6 km (#1,572 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0390 |
| Rotation period | 11.1 hours |
| Spectral type | C: |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.03 |
| Orbital period | 4.30 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.64 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.35 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.111 |
| Inclination | 4.16° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.34 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.