(31671) Masatoshi
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Asteroid (31671) Masatoshi |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0014 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1962 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4126 AU - 3.5901 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.0629 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 328.6538 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 292.8849 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.20 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.16 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 14.5 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Akimasa Nakamura |
| Date of discovery | May 13, 1999 |
| Another name | 1999 JY 7 |
| 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. | |
(31671) Masatoshi is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 13 May 1999 by the Japanese astronomer Akimasa Nakamura at Kuma-Kōgen Observatory ( observatory code 360) in the Japanese prefecture of Ehime was discovered.
The asteroid was named on May 1, 2003 after the Japanese singer and actor Masatoshi Nakamura (* 1951).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Masatoshi: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (31671) Masatoshi in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (31671) Masatoshi in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).