(6514) Torahiko
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Asteroid (6514) Torahiko |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6153 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2413 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9841 AU - 3.2464 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 12.3685 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 231.5345 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 142.3802 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.23 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.41 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 7.555 ± 0201 km |
| Albedo | 0.282 ± 0.026 |
| Rotation period | 8.7207 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Tsutomu Seki |
| Date of discovery | November 25, 1987 |
| Another name | 1987 WY , 1991 VB 4 |
| 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. | |
(6514) Torahiko is an asteroid of the main belt , of November 25, 1987 by the Japanese astronomers Tsutomu Seki at Geisei Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 372).
The asteroid was named on May 3, 1996 after the Japanese physicist and writer Torahiko Terada (1878-1935).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Torahiko: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Torahiko in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6514) Torahiko in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).