(6980) Kyusakamoto

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Asteroid
(6980) Kyusakamoto
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  4th September 2017 ( JD 2,458,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8347  AU
eccentricity 0.0464
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7030 AU - 2.9663 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.2909 °
Length of the ascending node 97.4610 °
Argument of the periapsis 211.5758 °
Time of passage of the perihelion November 7, 2016
Sidereal period 4.77 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.69 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 8.791 (± 0.081) km
Albedo 0.301 (± 0.037)
Rotation period 3.2529 h
Absolute brightness 12.4 mag
history
Explorer Kin Endate
Kazurō Watanabe
Date of discovery September 16, 1993
Another name 1993 SV 1 , 1979 WH 2 , 1988 RU 13
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.

(6980) Kyusakamoto is an asteroid of the main belt , of September 16, 1993 by the Japanese amateur astronomers Kin EnDate and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami Observatory ( IAU code 400) on Hokkaido was discovered.

The celestial body is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .

The asteroid was on 5 October 1998 after the Japanese singer and actor Kyū Sakamoto named (1941-1985), in 1963 with the song Sukiyaki the number 1 of the US charts and an international bestseller created, which subsequently at least 150 times was covered.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. The family membership of (3457) Arnenordheim in the AstDyS-2 database (English)

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