(2667) Oikawa
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Asteroid (2667) Oikawa |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Outer main belt |
| Asteroid family | Themis family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.2252 ± 0.0002 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1884 ± 0.0004 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.6176 ± 0.0014 AU - 3.8328 ± 0.0002 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.2382 ± 0.0419 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 60.0743 ± 0.0001 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 306.91 ± 0.0001 ° |
| Time of passage of the perihelion | May 9, 2019 |
| Sidereal period | 5.79 a ± 0.1944 d |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 21.225 ± 0.204 km |
| Albedo | 0.075 ± 0.016 |
| Absolute brightness | 11.9 likes |
| history | |
| Explorer |
 Luboš Kohoutek
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| Date of discovery | October 30, 1967 |
| Another name | 1967 UO ; 1955 UR 1 ; 1972 RJ 3 ; 1978 ST 5 ; 1978 VU 16 |
| 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. | |
(2667) Oikawa ( 1967 UO ; 1955 UR 1 ; 1972 RJ 3 ; 1978 ST 5 ; 1978 VU 16 ) is an approximately 21 kilometers large asteroid of the outer main belt , which was discovered on October 30, 1967 by the Czech (then: Czechoslovakia ) astronomer Luboš Kohoutek was discovered at the Hamburg observatory in Hamburg-Bergedorf ( IAU code 029). It belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
designation
(2667) Oikawa was named after the Japanese astronomer Okuro Oikawa (1896-1970) who joined the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory (IAU code 389) when the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (IAU code 388) was under construction in Mitaka was. The asteroid (1088) Mitaka is named after the city of Mitaka . Oikawa discovered eight asteroids. The name was suggested by the Japanese astronomer Yoshihide Kozai .
See also
Web links
- (2667) Oikawa in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (2667) Oikawa in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel : Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . Fifth Revised and Enlarged Edition. Ed .: Lutz D. Schmadel. 5th edition. Springer Verlag , Berlin , Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-29925-7 , pp. 186 (English, 992 pp., Link.springer.com [ONLINE; accessed on September 3, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1967 UO. Discovered 1967 Oct. 30 by L. Kohoutek at Bergedorf. "
| predecessor | asteroid | successor |
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| (2666) grams | numbering | (2668) Tataria |