(6991) Chichibu
Asteroid (6991) Chichibu |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
Major semi-axis | 2.4006 AU |
eccentricity | 0.2043 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 1.9101 AU - 2.8911 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 5.7607 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 131.6399 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 228.9778 ° |
Time of passage of the perihelion | April 18, 2016 |
Sidereal period | 3.72 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 19.22 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 4.464 (± 0.863) km |
Albedo | 0.808 (± 0.163) |
Absolute brightness | 12.8 mag |
history | |
Explorer | T. Kobayashi |
Date of discovery | January 6, 1995 |
Another name | 1995 AX , 1941 QB, 1958 DB, 1965 AS, 1985 KZ |
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. |
(6991) Chichibu is an asteroid of the main belt , which on January 6, 1995 by Japanese amateur astronomer Takao Kobayashi at Oizumi Observatory ( IAU code 411) in the Japanese prefecture of Gunma was discovered.
The asteroid was named on January 6, 2003 after the city of Chichibu , which is located in the west of Saitama Prefecture and largely belongs to the Chichibu Tama Kai National Park .
See also
Web links
- (6991) Chichibu in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).
- (6991) Chichibu in the Small-Body Database of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory of NASA at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena , California (English)
- Discovery Circumstances of (6991) Chichibu according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge , Massachusetts (English)