1428 Mombasa was published before November 1977 (). 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. "Mombasa" orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.4–3.2 AU once every 4 years and 9 months (1,720 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.14 and an inclination of 17° with respect to the ecliptic. "Mombasa" was first identified as at Lowell Observatory, extending
Mombasa Nova (1505) and Afonso de Albuquerque (1507). In the film "Out of Africa", Mombasa is the train destination as the seaport for voyages to Europe via the Suez Canal, and Mombasa is indicated as downriver ("This water must go home to Mombasa"). Mombasa is a pivotal setting in the highly popular "Halo" video game series. Mombasa appears as a major setting in "Halo 2", and the entirety of "" takes place in Mombasa. The science fiction games are set in the year 2552, and the city has been divided into "Old Mombasa" and "New Mombasa" (a prosperous section filled with