(4975) Dohmoto

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Asteroid
(4975) Dohmoto
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.0781  AU
eccentricity 0.2311
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3668 AU - 3.7894 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 14.9938 °
Length of the ascending node 179.6872 °
Argument of the periapsis 228.0471 °
Sidereal period 5.40 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.96 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter approx. 18 km
Rotation period 7.5528 h
Absolute brightness 12.2 mag
history
Explorer Tetsuya Fujii
Kazuo Watanabe
Date of discovery September 16, 1990
Another name 1990 SZ 1 , 1981 AL 1 , 1985 YF, 1987 FM 1 , 1990 UX 13
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(4975) Dohmoto is an asteroid of the main belt , of September 16, 1990 by the Japanese amateur astronomers Tetsuya Fujii and Kazuo Watanabe at Kitami Observatory ( IAU code 400) in the Hokkaido Prefecture was discovered.

The asteroid was named after Yoshio Dōmoto (* 1914), the longtime director of the Asahikawa observatory on the island of Hokkaidō .

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