(3872) Akirafujii

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Asteroid
(3872) Akirafujii
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.6628  AU
eccentricity 0.2043
Perihelion - aphelion 2.1189 AU - 3.2068 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 13.0376 °
Sidereal period 4.35 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.26 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 15.16 km (± 1.3)
Albedo 0.0583
Rotation period 10.635 h
Absolute brightness 12.8 mag
history
Explorer Brian A. Skiff
Date of discovery January 12, 1983
Another name 1983 AV, 1931 AY
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(3872) Akirafujii is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 12 January 1983 by the American astronomer Brian A. Skiff at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory ( IAU code 688) in Flagstaff was discovered.

The asteroid was named after the Japanese astrophotographer and astronomer Akira Fujii (* 1941).

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