(2880) Nihondaira
Asteroid (2880) Nihondaira |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2031 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1687 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8315 AU - 2.5748 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.7382 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.27 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 20.06 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 17.97 h |
Absolute brightness | 12.6 mag |
history | |
Explorer | T. Seki |
Date of discovery | February 8, 1983 |
Another name | 1983 CA, 1935 RH, 1935 SW, 1948 QK, 1951 LU, 1958 TK, 1967 GM, 1971 UW 1 , 1977 JK, 1980 FL 10 |
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. |
(2880) Nihondaira is an asteroid of the main belt , which from on 8 February 1983 Japanese astronomer Tsutomu Seki at the observatory Geisei- ( IAU code 372) in the prefecture of Kōchi was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Nihondaira Observatory (IAU code 385) in Shizuoka Prefecture , where the amateur astronomer Takeshi Urata made the majority of his discoveries.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Nihondaira: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (2880) Nihondaira in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (2880) Nihondaira in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).