(2880) Nihondaira

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Asteroid
(2880) Nihondaira
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 18, 2013 ( JD 2,456,400.5)
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
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(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.

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