(49440) Kenzotange

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Asteroid
(49440) Kenzotange
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  April 27, 2019 ( JD 2,458,600.5)
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 .

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