(13691) Akie

Asteroid (13691) Akie
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type	Middle main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.5675 AU
eccentricity	0.1044
Perihelion - aphelion	2.2995 AU - 2.8335 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	12.3289 °
Length of the ascending node	147.5973 °
Argument of the periapsis	108.2215 °
Sidereal period	4.11 a
Mean orbital velocity	18.58 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	13.6 mag
history
Explorer	Atsuo Asami
Date of discovery	September 30, 1997
Another name	1997 SL ₁₆ , 1983 CQ ₅
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(13691) Akie is an asteroid of the main middle belt discovered on September 30, 1997 by Japanese amateur astronomer Atsuo Asami at the Hadano Observatory ( IAU code 355) in Kanagawa Prefecture . The asteroid had already been sighted on February 14, 1983 under the provisional designation 1983 CQ ₅ at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan in Mitaka near Tokyo .

The asteroid was named on July 26, 2000 after the wife of the discoverer: Akie Asami (* 1957).

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