(12738) Satoshimiki
Asteroid (12738) Satoshimiki |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.5424 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2870 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8128 AU - 3.2720 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.2979 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.05 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.68 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 13.57 km (± 1.2) |
Albedo | 0.0419 |
Rotation period | 8,7081 h |
Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
T. Hioki S. Hayakawa |
Date of discovery | 4th January 1992 |
Another name | 1992 AL, 1978 SF, 1988 CE 1 |
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. |
(12738) Satoshimiki is an asteroid of the main belt , on 4 January 1992 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 after Shuji Hayakawa's children, Satoshi (* 1992) and Miki (* 1995).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Satoshimiki: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (12738) Satoshimiki in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (12738) Satoshimiki in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).