(3644) Kojitaku
Asteroid (3644) Kojitaku |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.2482 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0940 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0369 AU - 2.4595 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.5370 ° |
Sidereal period | 3.37 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.86 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Absolute brightness | 13.2 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth |
Date of discovery | October 5, 1931 |
Another name | 1931 TW, 1973 AZ 3 , 1977 FJ 3 , 1978 PR 2 |
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. |
(3644) Kojitaku is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on October 5, 1931 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory in Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( IAU code 024).
The asteroid was named after the Japanese amateur astronomer Takuo Kojima (* 1955).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kojitaku: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3644) Kojitaku in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3644) Kojitaku in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).