(4910) Kawasato
Asteroid (4910) Kawasato |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.4388 AU |
eccentricity | 0.3273 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.6406 AU - 3.2370 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.9950 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.81 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.06 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 14.2 mag |
Spectral class | S. |
history | |
Explorer | KW Reinmuth |
Date of discovery | August 11, 1953 |
Another name | 1953 PR, 1930 OJ, 1930 PA, 1934 TH, 1953 QF, 1976 SP 5 , 1976 UE 15 |
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. |
(4910) Kawasato is an asteroid crossing the Mars orbit of the main belt , which was discovered on August 11, 1953 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory in Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( IAU code 024).
The asteroid is named after the Japanese amateur astronomer Nobuhiro Kawasato , who was co-discoverer of the asteroid in 1988 VG2 . This was identified as the lost asteroid (724) Hapag .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kawasato: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4910) Kawasato in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4910) Kawasato in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).