1428 Mombasa
1428 Mombasa, provisional designation , is a dark asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 56 kilometers in diameter.

It was discovered on 5 July 1937, by English-born South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Observatory, South Africa, and later named after Mombasa, Kenya.
Q3863
asteroid
Concept
Q2179
asteroid belt
Concept
Q453750
Cyril Jackson
PER
Q2564753
Johannesburg Observatory
LOC
Q225641
Mombasa
LOC
Q139071
1428 Mombasa
CEL
1937-07-05T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
5 July 1937
DATE
+1428^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1428
NUMBER
+56^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
56
NUMBER
instance of
minor planet group
discoverer or inventor
site of astronomical discovery
named after
time of discovery or invention
employer