(49440) Kenzotange
Asteroid (49440) Kenzotange |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 3.1181 AU |
eccentricity | 0.0809 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8660 AU - 3.3702 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 1.6610 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 146.0407 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 31.5509 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.51 a |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 7.042 ± 0.105 km |
Albedo | 0.036 ± 0.003 |
Absolute brightness | 14.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | A. Nakamura |
Date of discovery | December 21, 1998 |
Another name | 1998 YP 5 |
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. |
(49440) Kenzotange is an asteroid located in the main belt , which was discovered on December 21, 1998 by the Japanese astronomer Akimasa Nakamura at the Kuma-Kōgen Observatory ( IAU code 360) in the prefecture of Ehime on the island of Shikoku .
The asteroid was named on February 19, 2006 after the Japanese architect Kenzō Tange (1913-2005), who designed numerous public buildings and in 1987 received the Pritzker Architecture Prize .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Kenzotange: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (49440) Kenzotange in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (49440) Kenzotange in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).