Claim: The 1468 Zomba named after the city of Zomba in the Republic of Malawi, is an asteroid and a large Mars-crosser discovered by C. Jackson on 23 July, 1938 in the Johannesburg Observatory.
Evidence: Discovered by Cyril Jackson at Johannesburg Observatory in 1938, the asteroid was named after the city of Zomba in the Republic of Malawi. 1468 Zomba, provisional designation 1938 PA, is a stony asteroid and large Mars-crosser near the innermost regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers in diameter. 23 July 1938 Johannesburg Obs.