(5230) Asahina

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Asteroid
(5230) Asahina
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3994  AU
eccentricity 0.3731
Perihelion - aphelion 1.5040 AU - 3.2947 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 20.6978 °
Sidereal period 3.72 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.22 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 89.3 h
Absolute brightness 13.4 mag
Spectral class SMASSII: S.
history
Explorer Jeff T. Alu
Date of discovery March 10, 1988
Another name 1988 EF, 1983 VX
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(5230) Asahina is a Mars orbit asteroid of the main belt which was discovered on March 10, 1988 by the American amateur astronomer Jeff T. Alu at the Palomar Observatory ( IAU code 675).

The asteroid was named after the Japanese conductor and Bruckner interpreter Takashi Asahina , who founded the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra in 1947 and directed it until his death in 2001.

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