(6657) Otukyo
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Asteroid (6657) Otukyo |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.2789 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.2361 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.7409 AU - 2.8169 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.0734 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.44 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.73 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | approx. 2.7 km |
| Absolute brightness | 14.8 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Atsushi Sugie |
| Date of discovery | 17th November 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 WY, 1978 TB 1 , 1985 VR 1 , 1991 GW 9 |
| 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. | |
(6657) Otukyo is an asteroid of the main belt of November 17, 1992 by Japanese astronomers Atsushi Sugie on Dynic Astronomical Observatory ( observatory code 402) in Shiga Prefecture was discovered.
The asteroid is named after the city of Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture, which was the capital of Japan from 667 to 672 under Tennō Tenji (626–672).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Otukyo: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Otukyo in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (6657) Otukyo in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).