(8865) Yakiimo

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Asteroid
(8865) Yakiimo
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Epoch:  December 9, 2014 ( JD 2,457,000.5)
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Major semi-axis 3.0156  AU
eccentricity 0.2298
Perihelion - aphelion 2.3225 AU - 3.7087 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 7.8810 °
Length of the ascending node 228.1700 °
Argument of the periapsis 261.2462 °
Sidereal period 5.24 a
Mean orbital velocity 17.17 km / s
Physical Properties
Absolute brightness 12.8 mag
history
Explorer Akira Natori
Takeshi Urata
Date of discovery January 1, 1992
Another name 1992 AF , 1982 FU 1 , 1987 DQ 1
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(8865) Yakiimo is an asteroid of the main belt , which on 1 January 1992 by the Japanese astronomer Akira Natori and Takeshi Urata at the JCPM Yakiimo station ( IAU code 885) in Shimizu in Shizuoka Prefecture was discovered.

The asteroid was named on November 20, 2002 after the location of its discovery, the JCPM Yakiimo Station Observatory .

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