(3915) Fukushima
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Asteroid (3915) Fukushima |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4391 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0410 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.3391 AU - 2.5392 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.4305 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.81 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.06 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 21.993 km (± 0.052) |
| Albedo | 0.051 |
| Rotation period | 9.418 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.3 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | M. Yanai , K. Watanabe |
| Date of discovery | August 15, 1988 |
| Another name | 1988 PA 1 , 1926 GQ, 1935 UX, 1950 QT, 1975 EX 5 , 1977 TV 7 , 1977 TW 3 , 1979 FH 1 , 1983 EM |
| 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. | |
(3915) Fukushima is an asteroid of the main belt , of August 15, 1988 by the Japanese astronomers Masayuki Yanai and Watanabe Kazuro at the observatory of Kitami ( IAU code was discovered 400).
It was named in honor of the Japanese hydrodynamics professor at the University of Hokkaidō Hisao Fukushima , who, as an active amateur astronomer, is particularly concerned with the history of astronomy.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Fukushima: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3915) Fukushima in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (3915) Fukushima in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).