(11504) Kazo

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Asteroid
(11504) Kazo
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2924  AU
eccentricity 0.1611
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9231 AU - 2.6616 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.2390 °
Length of the ascending node 328.7509 °
Argument of the periapsis 99.0179 °
Sidereal period 3.47 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.67 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 14.1 mag
history
Explorer Tsutomu Hioki , Shūji Hayakawa
Date of discovery January 21, 1990
Another name 1990 BT , 1978 TD 1 , 1983 BQ, 1992 ST 12 , 1997 EM 35
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(11504) Kazo is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 21 January 1990 by the Japanese astronomer Tsutomu Hioki and Shuji Hayakawa at the observatory in Okutama ( IAU code 877) in Tokyo was discovered.

The asteroid was named on May 9, 2001 after the city ​​of Kazo in Saitama Prefecture , known for its carp flags .

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