(48575) Hawaii

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Asteroid
(48575) Hawaii
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Eos family
Major semi-axis 3.0620  AU
eccentricity 0.1086
Perihelion - aphelion 2.7296 AU - 3.3944 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 10.3645 °
Length of the ascending node 228.5085 °
Argument of the periapsis 234.4064 °
Sidereal period 5.36 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.02 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter 6.823 ± 0.187 km
Albedo 0.138 ± 0.016
Absolute brightness 13.7 mag
history
Explorer A. Nakamura
Date of discovery 4th July 1994
Another name 1994 NN , 1999 FY 52
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(48575) Hawaii is the main belt situated asteroid that on July 4, 1994 by Japanese astronomers Akimasa Nakamura at Kuma-Kōgen Observatory ( IAU code 360) in Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku was discovered.

The asteroid was named on September 28, 2004 after the island chain Hawaii , which lies in the Pacific and is the 50th state in the USA . Hawaii , also known as the Big Island, is also the name of the largest island in the archipelago.

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