(4797) Ako

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Asteroid
(4797) Ako
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Hertha family
Major semi-axis 2.4121  AU
eccentricity 0.1837
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9690 AU - 2.8552 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 1.8128 °
Length of the ascending node 320.8682 °
Argument of the periapsis 77.8974 °
Sidereal period 3.75 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.17 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 4.085 h
Absolute brightness 14.2 mag
history
Explorer Toshirō Nomura
Kōyō Kawanishi
Date of discovery September 30, 1989
Another name 1989 SJ , 1978 VY 9 , 1985 QB 4
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.

(4797) Ako is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 30 September 1989 by the Japanese astronomer Toshirō Nomura and Koyo Kawanishi at Minami-Oda Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 374).

The asteroid belongs to the Nysa group, a group of asteroids named after (44) Nysa, which is also known as the Hertha family (after (135) Hertha).

(4797) Ako was named after the city of Akō in the Japanese prefecture of Hyōgo and its historic castle on the Seto Inland Sea .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The family membership of (4797) Ako in the AstDyS-2 database (English)