(3555) Miyasaka

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Asteroid
(3555) Miyasaka
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  January 13, 2016 ( JD 2,457,400.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.7346  AU
eccentricity 0.2366
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0877 AU - 3.3815 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 9.4743 °
Length of the ascending node 26.3164 °
Argument of the periapsis 310.3908 °
Sidereal period 4.52 a
Mean orbital velocity 18.01 km / s
Physical Properties
Rotation period 54.2084 h
Absolute brightness 12.9 mag
history
Explorer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth
Date of discovery October 6, 1931
Another name 1931 TC 1 , 1972 VW, 1981 WP
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(3555) Miyasaka is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 6, 1931 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( observatory code 024) on the western summit of the Königstuhl near Heidelberg .

The asteroid was named after the Japanese astronomer Seidai Miyasaka (* 1955).

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