(3911) Otomo
Asteroid (3911) Otomo |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Asteroid family | Eos family |
Major semi-axis | 3.0379 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0992 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.7365 AU - 3.3394 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.7412 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 210.3993 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.30 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 17.09 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 19.090 km (± 2.455) |
Albedo | 0.137 (± 0.359) |
Absolute brightness | 11.4 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth |
Date of discovery | August 31, 1940 |
Another name | 1940 QB, 1951 TU, 1954 EU, 1962 WB, 1976 KA 1 , 1979 FL, 1983 VC 2 , 1986 GC 2 , 1987 MS |
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. |
(3911) Otomo is an asteroid of the main belt which was discovered on August 31, 1940 by the German astronomer Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth at the State Observatory Heidelberg-Königstuhl ( IAU code 024) near Heidelberg .
The asteroid was named after the Japanese astronomer Satoru Ōtomo (* 1957).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Otomo: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (3911) Otomo in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (3911) Otomo in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).