(6887) Hasuo

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Asteroid
(6887) Hasuo
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Inner main belt
Major semi-axis 2.2296  AU
eccentricity 0.1758
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8378 AU - 2.6215 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 5.3354 °
Length of the ascending node 48.2179 °
Argument of the periapsis 337.5773 °
Sidereal period 3.33 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.94 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 4.298 (± 0.133) km
Albedo 0.325 (± 0.073)
Rotation period 2.752 h
Absolute brightness 13.6 mag
history
Explorer M. Laugier
Date of discovery November 24, 1951
Another name 1951 WH , 1951 UG, 1971 UY 2 , 1981 UZ 6
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(6887) Hasuo is an asteroid of the main inner belt discovered on November 24, 1951 by the French astronomer Marguerite Laugier at the Observatoire de Nice ( IAU code 020) in Nice .

The asteroid was named on January 7, 2004 after the Japanese amateur astronomer Ruichi Hasuo , who calculated comet orbits in the 1970s.

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