(4260) Yanai
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Asteroid (4260) Yanai |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt |
| Asteroid family | Koronis family |
| Major semi-axis | 2,847 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.065 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2,662 AU - 3,031 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 3.27 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 90.97 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.8 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.2 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Hiroshi Kaneda , Seiji Ueda |
| Date of discovery | 4th January 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 AX, 1932 ET, 1978 WT 14 |
| 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. | |
(4260) Yanai is a main belt asteroid discovered on January 4, 1989 by Hiroshi Kaneda and Seiji Ueda at the Kushiro-shi Observatory .
The asteroid was named after the Japanese astronomer Masayuki Yanai .
Web links
- (4260) Yanai in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
Individual evidence
- ^ Lutz D. Schmadel: Dictionary of minor planet names . Vol. 1. Springer, Berlin & New York 2003