(3872) Akirafujii
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Asteroid (3872) Akirafujii |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.6628 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2043 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.1189 AU - 3.2068 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 13.0376 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.35 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 18.26 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 15.16 km (± 1.3) |
| Albedo | 0.0583 |
| Rotation period | 10.635 h |
| Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Brian A. Skiff |
| Date of discovery | January 12, 1983 |
| Another name | 1983 AV, 1931 AY |
| 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. | |
(3872) Akirafujii is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 12 January 1983 by the American astronomer Brian A. Skiff at the Anderson Mesa Station of the Lowell Observatory ( IAU code 688) in Flagstaff was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Japanese astrophotographer and astronomer Akira Fujii (* 1941).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Akirafujii: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3872) Akirafujii in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .
- (3872) Akirafujii in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).