(2924) Mitake mura

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Asteroid
(2924) Mitake mura
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Outer main belt
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8875 ± 0.0002  AU
eccentricity 0.0467 ± 0.0003
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7526 ± 0.001 AU - 3.0224 ± 0.0002 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.1389 ± 0.0383 °
Length of the ascending node 110.6862 ± 0.6864 °
Argument of the periapsis 194.3756 ± 0.8053 °
Time of passage of the perihelion June 27, 2018
Sidereal period 4.91 a ± 0.143 d
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 11.428 ± 0.174 km
Albedo 0.178 ± 0.018
Absolute brightness 12.0 mag
history
Explorer JapanJapan Hiroki Kōsai , Kiichirō FurukawaJapanJapan 
Date of discovery 18th February 1977
Another name 1977 DJ 2 ; 1955 VL; 1975 VK 1 ; 1979 QL 7 ; 1980 WO 2 ; 1982 DP 3
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.

(2924) Mitake-mura ( 1977 DJ 2 ; 1955 VL ; 1975 VK 1 ; 1979 QL 7 ; 1980 WO 2 ; 1982 DP 3 ) is an approximately eleven kilometer asteroid of the main outer belt that was discovered by the Japanese on February 18, 1977 Astronomers Hiroki Kōsai and Kiichirō Furukawa at the Kiso Observatory on Mount Ontake-san in Kiso-machi in Kiso-gun County , Nagano Prefecture in Japan ( IAU code 381). It belongs to the Koronis family , a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis .

designation

(2924) Mitake-mura was named after the Japanese city of Mitake-mura , as it is one of the three cities to which the Kiso Obersvatorium belongs. The asteroids (2470) Agematsu and (2960) Ohtaki were named after the other two cities .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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 23, 2019] Original title: Dictionary of Minor Planet Names . First edition: Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 1992): “1977 DJ 2 . Discovered 1977 Feb. 18 by H. Kosai and K. Hurukawa at Kiso. "
predecessor asteroid successor
(2923) Schuyler numbering (2925) Beatty