(3380) Awaji

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Asteroid
(3380) Awaji
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Koronis family
Major semi-axis 2.8421  AU
eccentricity 0.0249
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7714 AU - 2.9129 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.2375 °
Length of the ascending node 92.9716 °
Argument of the periapsis 22.0899 °
Sidereal period 4.79 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.67 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter ? km
Absolute brightness 12.1 mag
history
Explorer György Kulin
Date of discovery March 15, 1940
Another name 1940 EF , 1971 US 2 , 1972 YY, 1978 EP 6 , 1981 XG 2 , 1982 DS 4
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.

(3380) Awaji is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 March 1940 by the Hungarian astronomers György Kulin at Konkoly Observatory ( IAU code 053) in Budapest was discovered.

The asteroid is a member of the Koronis family, a group of asteroids named after (158) Koronis.

(3380) Awaji was named after the island of Awaji at the suggestion of the Japanese astronomers Hideo Ōnishi and Shūichi Nakano .

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Individual evidence

  1. The family membership of (3380) Awaji in the AstDyS-2 database (English)