(4261) Gekko
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Asteroid (4261) Gekko |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Agnia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7935 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1134 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.4768 AU - 3.1102 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 2.6562 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.67 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.82 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Absolute brightness | 12.9 mag |
| Spectral class | Sq |
| history | |
| Explorer | Yoshiaki Ōshima |
| Date of discovery | January 28, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 BJ , 1978 RR 16 , 1978 VN, 1980 BV 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. | |
(4261) Gekko is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 28 January 1989 by the Japanese astronomer Yoshiaki Oshima at Gekko Observatory ( IAU code was discovered 888).
The asteroid was named after the location of its discovery.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Gekko: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (4261) Gekko in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (4261) Gekko in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).