(3380) Awaji
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Asteroid (3380) Awaji |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.8421 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0249 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7714 AU - 2.9129 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.2375 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 92.9716 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 22.0899 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.79 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.67 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | ? km |
| Absolute brightness | 12.1 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | György Kulin |
| Date of discovery | March 15, 1940 |
| Another name | 1940 EF , 1971 US 2 , 1972 YY, 1978 EP 6 , 1981 XG 2 , 1982 DS 4 |
| 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. | |
(3380) Awaji is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 March 1940 by the Hungarian astronomers György Kulin at Konkoly Observatory ( IAU code 053) in Budapest was discovered.
The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.
(3380) Awaji was named after the island of Awaji at the suggestion of the Japanese astronomers Hideo Ōnishi and Shūichi Nakano .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Awaji: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3380) Awaji in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3380) Awaji in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family membership of (3380) Awaji in the AstDyS-2 database (English)