(29337) Hakurojo
Asteroid (29337) Hakurojo |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.4644 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1614 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0666 AU - 2.8621 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 6.2625 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.87 a |
Physical Properties | |
Rotation period | 4.5096 h |
Absolute brightness | 13.9 likes |
history | |
Explorer | Tsutomu Seki |
Date of discovery | January 6, 1995 |
Another name | 1995 AE 1 , 1999 AG 34 |
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. |
(29337) Hakurojo is an asteroid of the main belt , which on January 6, 1995 by Japanese amateur astronomers Tsutomu Seki at the observatory Geisei- ( IAU code 372) in the prefecture of Kōchi was discovered.
The asteroid was named after Himeji Castle in Himeji in the Japanese prefecture of Hyōgo , which because of its beauty is nicknamed Hakuro-jō or Shirasagi-jō ( d 城 , dt. "White Heron Castle") and has been used several times as a film set served for internationally known productions.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Hakurojo: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (29337) Hakurojo in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (29337) Hakurojo in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).