(12127) Mamiya

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Asteroid
(12127) Mamiya
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  February 16, 2017 ( JD 2,457,800.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Hertha family
Major semi-axis 2.4540  AU
eccentricity 0.1870
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9952 AU - 2.9128 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.5599 °
Length of the ascending node 26.8789 °
Argument of the periapsis 317.5926 °
Sidereal period 3.84 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.01 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 11.010 ± 0.155 km
Albedo 0.048
Absolute brightness 13.7 mag
history
Explorer Kazurō Watanabe
Date of discovery September 9, 1999
Another name 1999 RD 37 , 1972 RD 3 , 1980 TE 15 , 1998 HM 57
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.

(12127) Mamiya is an asteroid of the main belt , which on September 9, 1999 by Japanese astronomers Kazuro Watanabe at the Observatory in Sapporo ( IAU code 392) on Hokkaido was discovered.

(12127) Mamiya belongs to the Nysa group, a group of asteroids named after (44) Nysa, which is also known as the Hertha family (after (135) Hertha ).

The asteroid was named on January 9, 2001 after the Japanese navigator and cartographer Mamiya Rinzō (1780-1844), who became known through the exploration and mapping of Sakhalin .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. (12127) Mamiya in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).

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