(10633) Akimasa

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Asteroid
(10633) Akimasa
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt
Asteroid family Vesta family
Major semi-axis 2.4561  AU
eccentricity 0.0921
Perihelion - aphelion 2.2299 AU - 2.6824 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.2416 °
Length of the ascending node 122.8524 °
Argument of the periapsis 343.4648 °
Sidereal period 3.85 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.00 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.9 likes
history
Explorer Petr Pravec
Date of discovery February 20, 1998
Another name 1998 DP 1 , 1992 OH 3 , 1995 HF 5
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(10633) Akimasa is an asteroid of the main belt , on 20 February 1998 by Czech astronomer Petr Pravec at the observatory Ondřejov ( IAU code 557) in Ondřejov near Prague was discovered in the Czech Republic. There had been sightings of the asteroid before: with the provisional designation 1992 OH 3 and 1995 (1995 HF 5 ).

The asteroid belongs to the Vesta family, a large group of asteroids named after (4) Vesta , the second largest asteroid and third largest celestial body in the main belt.

(10633) Akimasa was named on July 28, 1999 after the Japanese astronomer Akimasa Nakamura (* 1961), who focuses on estimating the brightness of asteroids.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ (10633) Akimasa at the IAU Minor Planet Center (English)
  2. ↑ The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)

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