(4186) Tamashima
Asteroid (4186) Tamashima |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.1091 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0640 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.9100 AU - 3.3082 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 24.0948 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 144.7641 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 276.8268 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.48 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.89 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 27.19 km |
Albedo | 0.0600 |
Absolute brightness | 11.3 mag |
history | |
Explorer |
Hiroki Kōsai , Kiichirō Furukawa |
Date of discovery | 18th February 1977 |
Another name | 1977 DT 1 , 1977 PM, 1982 BB 8 , 1983 GE 2 , 1985 QB, 1988 CX 5 |
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. |
(4186) Tamashima is a main belt asteroid discovered on February 18, 1977 by Japanese astronomers Hiroki Kōsai and Kiichirō Furukawa at the Kiso Observatory ( IAU code 381) in Kiso on Mount Ontake .
The asteroid was named after the former Japanese city of Tamashima (today: Kurashiki ).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Tamashima: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4186) Tamashima in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4186) Tamashima in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel: Dictionary of minor planet names . Vol. 1. Springer, Berlin & New York 2003