(3500) Kobayashi

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Asteroid
(3500) Kobayashi
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.2397  AU
eccentricity 0.1962
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8002 AU - 2.6792 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.2553 °
Sidereal period 3.35 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.90 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.7 mag
history
Explorer KW Reinmuth
Date of discovery September 18, 1919
Another name A919 SD, 1929 RS, 1932 KD, 1949 PE, 1962 JV, 1966 SB, 1973 YZ, 1980 XG 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.

(3500) Kobayashi is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 18, 1919 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory in Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( IAU code 024).

The asteroid is named after the Japanese amateur astronomer Takao Kobayashi , who spends much of his free time coordinating and verifying the asteroid data collected by other Japanese amateur astronomers.

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