(100267) JAXA
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Asteroid (100267) JAXA |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.5525 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1744 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1074 AU - 2.9975 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.5626 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 21.4095 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 233.2614 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.08 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 2.216 ± 0.515 km |
| Albedo | 0.273 ± 0.084 |
| Absolute brightness | 15.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Masanao Abe Isao Satō Hiroshi Araki |
| Date of discovery | October 14, 1994 |
| Another name | 1994 TK 15 , 1998 RS 11 |
| 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. | |
(100267) JAXA is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 14 October 1994 by the Japanese astronomer Isao Satō , Masanao Abe and Hiroshi Araki at the Kiso Observatory ( IAU code 381) in Kiso at Mount Ontake was discovered.
The asteroid was named on December 12, 2008 to commemorate the 5th anniversary of the Japanese space agency Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid JAXA: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (100267) JAXA in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (100267) JAXA in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).