(4841) Manjiro

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Asteroid
(4841) Manjiro
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  September 30, 2012 ( JD 2,456,200.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 2.3095  AU
eccentricity 0.1025
Perihelion - aphelion 2.0728 AU - 2.5463 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 3.8777 °
Sidereal period 3.51 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.60 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 13.8 mag
history
Explorer Tsutomu Seki
Date of discovery October 28, 1989
Another name 1989 UO 3 , 1975 VV, 1985 QZ 3 , 1987 DO 2
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(4841) Manjiro is an asteroid of the main belt , which the Japanese on 28 October 1989 Amateur astronomers Tsutomu Seki at the observatory Geisei- ( IAU code 372) in Geisei in the Prefecture Kōchi was discovered.

The asteroid is named after the Japanese official and translator Nakahama Manjirō (1827–1898).

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