(4042) Okhotsk
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Asteroid (4042) Okhotsk |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Hertha family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.4231 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1358 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.0940 AU - 2.7523 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.5262 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.77 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.13 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 13.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Kin Endate Kazurō Watanabe |
| Date of discovery | January 15, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 AT 1 , 1974 DV, 1980 TO 12 , 1984 YK 1 |
| 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. | |
(4042) Okhotsk is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 15 January 1989 by the Japanese astronomer Kin EnDate and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami Observatory ( IAU code 400) in the sub-prefecture Okhotsk on the Japanese island of Hokkaido was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the Sea of Okhotsk .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Okhotsk: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4042) Okhotsk in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4042) Okhotsk in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).