(5138) Gyoda

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Asteroid
(5138) Gyoda
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Themis family
Major semi-axis 3.0980  AU
eccentricity 0.1700
Perihelion - aphelion 2.5714 AU - 3.6245 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 0.8009 °
Length of the ascending node 193.6688 °
Argument of the periapsis 261.4811 °
Sidereal period 5.45 a
Mean orbital velocity 16.92 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.5 mag
history
Explorer Tsutomu Hioki
Shūji Hayakawa
Date of discovery November 13, 1990
Another name 1990 VD 2 , 1957 VB, 1987 HX
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.

(5138) Gyoda is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 13 November 1990 by the Japanese astronomer Tsutomu Hioki and Shuji Hayakawa at the observatory in Okutama ( IAU code 877) in Tokyo was discovered.

The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .

(5138) Gyoda was named after the city of Gyōda in the north of Saitama Prefecture .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. The family affiliation of (5138) Gyoda in the AstDyS-2 database (English)

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