(386622) New Zealand

Asteroid (386622) New Zealand
Properties of the orbit ( animation ) Epoch: March 23, 2018 ( JD 2,458,200.5)
Orbit type	Inner main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis	2.3006 AU
eccentricity	0.1938
Perihelion - aphelion	1.8548 AU - 2.7463 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane	7.0706 °
Length of the ascending node	87.7089 °
Argument of the periapsis	293.3570 °
Time of passage of the perihelion	November 16, 2016
Sidereal period	3.49 a
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness	18.0 likes
history
Explorer	Jennie McCormick
Date of discovery	September 16, 2009
Another name	2009 Sat ₁
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(386622) New Zealand is a main inner belt asteroid discovered by New Zealand amateur astronomer Jennie McCormick on September 16, 2009 at the 25 cm Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope at the Farm Cove Observatories ( IAU code E85). The observatory is located in Pakuranga , a suburb of Auckland .

Mean solar distance ( major semi-axis ), eccentricity and inclination of the orbit plane of the asteroid roughly resemble the orbital data of the members of the Flora family, a large group of asteroids named after (8) Flora . Asteroids of this family move in a 4: 9 orbital resonance with the planet Mars around the sun . The group is also called the Ariadne family, after the asteroid (43) Ariadne .

(386622) New Zealand was named after the island nation of New Zealand on May 21, 2016 .

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