(4288) Tokyotech
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Asteroid (4288) Tokyotech |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eunomia family |
| Major semi-axis | 2,627 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.158 AU - 3.096 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 14.02 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 44.65 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.26 a |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 12 km |
| Rotation period | 3 h 11 min |
| Absolute brightness | 11.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Takuo Kojima |
| Date of discovery | October 8, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 TQ 1 , 1951 XD 1 , 1959 SJ |
| 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. | |
(4288) Tokyotech is a main belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1989 by Takuo Kojima at the Chiyoda Observatory.
The asteroid was named on August 19, 2008 after the Tōkyō Kōgyō Daigaku , the Tokyo Technical University .
See also
Web links
- (4288) Tokyotech in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory .