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1. No African country names begin with the letters F, H, I, J, O, P, Q, V, W, X, or Y.

2. Africa is surrounded by water but by definition Africa is not an island because Africa is a continent.

3. The Republic of the Congo is one of the most urbanized countries in Africa.

Killer African Asteroids

Killer African Asteroids

Asteroid 1193 Africa and other asteroids are studied by astronomers who want to understand how to protect the earth, the history and inner workings of the solar system.

Asteroid 1193 Africa and other asteroids are studied by astronomers who want to understand how to protect earth, the history and inner workings of the solar system

Studying earth’s geological past is important to understanding the development of the planets. Asteroid 1193 Africa is the main belt asteroid. What is the main belt asteroid?

Main belt asteroids are small rocky bodies largely in orbit between Jupiter and Mars that are too small to be called planets. It is estimated that there are around 100,000 to 1 million undiscovered asteroids on similar Earth crossing orbits.
 
Asteroid 1931 HB later named 1193 Africa is a main belt asteroid
Asteroid 1931 HB later named
1193 Africa is a main belt asteroid

Asteroid 1931 HB later named 1193 Africa is the main belt asteroid discovered by a U.K. astronomer, Cyril V. Jackson at the Union Observatory in Johannesburg South Africa on April 24, 1931. Jackson discovered 72 asteroids and 3 comets.

Jackson was an expert Astronomer who named Asteroid 1193 after Africa, the world’s 2nd largest continent and his base of discovery operations.

Asteroid 1193 Africa is of an unknown class measuring around 11.4 miles or 18.4 km in size. Asteroids vary in size; the smallest is the size of small pebbles. Asteroids can reach as large as Ceres, which is around 600 miles or 940 km in size. Asteroid 1193 Africa is larger than a pebble but much smaller than the dwarf planet of Ceres.

An Astronomical Unit is the unit of measure or AU used to describe solar system distances, 1193 Africa is located at an average distance from the sun of 2,646 AU taking 1,572 days to complete one orbit around the sun. Asteroid 1193 Africa is made of rock and metal and may contain organic compounds but for now, it remains an unknown class.

Asteroid Africa 1193 is not classified by NASA as a Near-Earth Objects or NEOs since NEOs are classified as such when its trajectory brings it within 1.3 AU near the earth.

Asteroid Africa 1193 is not part of nearly 4,000 asteroids large enough to destroy all life on earth. However, in the South African town of Vredefort Dome the remains of Earth's largest and oldest impact crater from an asteroid can be found.

Did you know? One Astronomical Unit =92,955,807 miles or 149,597,871 kilometers. Want to observe asteroid 1193 Africa, NASA provides the coordinates for your neck of the universe.

Asteroid 1193 Africa is 11.4 miles or 18.4 km unknown class discovered by the U.K. Astronomer, Cyril Jackson who named many of his 72 discovered asteroids after cities, people and tribes of Africa.


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Africa is surrounded by water but is not an island, here are a few African Island facts.

Madagascar is the 4th large island in the world and is located in the Indian Ocean supporting a unique biology, about 90% of its plants and animals are found nowhere else on earth.

Composed of 155 islands, Seychelles is Africa's smallest country. By far the largest island is Mahe, home to about 90% of the population and the site of its capital city of Victoria.

Cabo Verde has a strategic location 310 miles or 500 km from the west coast of Africa near major north-south sea routes; important communications station; important sea and air refueling site.

Africa is surrounded by water but by definition Africa is not an island because Africa is a continent. Continents can not be considered islands because of their size and also by historic definition since many people who study geography define islands and continents as two different things.

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