(6031) Ryokan
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Asteroid (6031) Ryokan |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Asteroid family | Eos family |
| Major semi-axis | 3.0209 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.0217 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 2.9553 AU - 3.0864 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 10.8855 ° |
| Sidereal period | 5.25 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.15 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 16 km |
| Absolute brightness | 11.6 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Hiroki Kōsai Kiichirō Furukawa |
| Date of discovery | January 26, 1982 |
| Another name | 1982 BQ 4 , 1975 VK 5 , 1983 HR, 1988 EL 1 |
| 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. | |
(6031) Ryokan is an asteroid of the main belt , the Japanese from the January 26, 1982 , astronomers Hiroki Kosai and Kiichiro Furukawa at the Kiso Observatory ( IAU code 381) in Kiso was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the Zen Buddhist monk Ryōkan (1758–1831), who became famous under the stage name Taigu in the fields of poetry and calligraphy .
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Ryokan: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Ryokan in the Small-Body Database of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6031) Ryokan in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).