(25893) Sugihara
Asteroid (25893) Sugihara |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.1861 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0998 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8681 AU - 3.5040 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 23.3913 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 99.8873 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 242.4524 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.69 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.68 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
history | |
Explorer | WKY Yeung |
Date of discovery | November 19, 2000 |
Another name | 2000 WR 9 , 1999 VR 205 |
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. |
(25893) Sugihara is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 19 November 2000 by the Chinese-born Canadian astronomer William Kwong Yu Yeung at Desert Beaver Observatory ( IAU code in 919) Arizona was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara named (1900-1986), who as consul general in Lithuania Jews saved the lives of several thousand.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Sugihara: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (25893) Sugihara in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (25893) Sugihara in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).