(3555) Miyasaka
Asteroid (3555) Miyasaka |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.7346 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2366 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0877 AU - 3.3815 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 9.4743 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 26.3164 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 310.3908 ° |
Sidereal period | 4.52 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 18.01 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 54.2084 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth |
Date of discovery | October 6, 1931 |
Another name | 1931 TC 1 , 1972 VW, 1981 WP |
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. |
(3555) Miyasaka is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 6, 1931 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( observatory code 024) on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named after the Japanese astronomer Seidai Miyasaka (* 1955).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Miyasaka: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3555) Miyasaka in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3555) Miyasaka in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).