1506 Xosa, discovered by C. Jackson (a South African astronomer born in Ossett, England) on May 15, 1939 in Johannesburg Obs., was named after the Xhosa people, a Bantu ethnic group.
It was discovered on 15 May 1939, by English-born, South African astronomer Cyril Jackson at the Johannesburg Observatory in South Africa. Cyril V. Jackson (5 December 1903  February 1988) was a South African astronomer, known for discovering 72 asteroids and a number of comets. He was born in Ossett, Yorkshire in England; his father emigrated to South Africa in 1911. It is named for the Xhosa people. Xhosa people, a nation, and ethnic group, who live in south-central and southeasterly region of South Africa 
