(6961) Ashitaka
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Asteroid (6961) Ashitaka |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.3201 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.1908 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.8775 AU - 2.7627 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 4.7580 ° |
| Sidereal period | 3.53 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 19.56 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Rotation period | 3.1457 h |
| Absolute brightness | 13.4 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer |
Makio Akiyama Toshimasa Furuta |
| Date of discovery | May 26, 1989 |
| Another name | 1989 KA, 1936 HM, 1971 DO 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. | |
(6961) Ashitaka is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 26 May 1989 by the Japanese astronomer Makio Akiyama and Toshimasa Furuta at the observatory in Mishima ( IAU code 886) in Shizuoka Prefecture was discovered.
The asteroid was named after the dormant Ashitaka volcano near Numazu in Shizuoka Prefecture.
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Ashitaka: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- (6961) Ashitaka in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (English).
- (6961) Ashitaka in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).