(5214) Oozora

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Asteroid
(5214) Oozora
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.1879  AU
eccentricity 0.1039
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9605 AU - 2.4153 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 6.0714 °
Sidereal period 3.24 a
Mean orbital velocity 20.13 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.5 likes
Spectral class S.
history
Explorer Atsushi Takahashi
Kazuo Watanabe
Date of discovery November 13, 1990
Another name 1990 VN 3 , 1982 DH, 1983 RX 1 , 1987 WQ 2 , 1989 OF
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(5214) Oozora is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 13 November 1990 by the Japanese astronomer Atsushi Takahashi and Kazuo Watanabe at Kitami Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 400).

The name of the asteroid is the Ōzora (お お ぞ ら) (Eng. Wide sky) , an express train that connects the cities of Hakodate and Kushiro on Hokkaidō . The train covers the 580 km route in less than eight hours.

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