(3533) Toyota

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Asteroid
(3533) Toyota
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  July 31, 2016 ( JD 2,457,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Matterania family
Major semi-axis 2.2200  AU
eccentricity 0.1167
Perihelion - aphelion 1.9609 AU - 2.4791 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 4.8695 °
Length of the ascending node 197.1847 °
Argument of the periapsis 237.4949 °
Sidereal period 3.31 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.99 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 2.9807 h
Absolute brightness 12.8 mag
Spectral class SMASSII Xk
history
Explorer Kenzō Suzuki
Takeshi Urata
Date of discovery October 30, 1986
Another name 1986 UE , 1953 VA 2 , 1971 FJ, 1976 SZ 4 , 1978 GQ 3 , 1978 JH 3 , 1979 QX 7 , 1983 YJ
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.

(3533) Toyota is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 30 October 1986 by the Japanese astronomer Kenzo Suzuki and Takeshi Urata at the Observatory ( IAU code 881) in Toyota was discovered.

The asteroid belongs to the Matterania family, a group of asteroids named after (883) Matterania .

(3533) Toyota was named after the city of Toyota in Aichi Prefecture , the home of the first discoverer and seat of the Japanese Toyota Motor Corporation , currently (2015) the largest automobile manufacturer in the world.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. The family status of the asteroids in the AstDyS-2 database (English, HTML; 51.4 MB)

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