(8926) Abemasanao
Asteroid (8926) Abemasanao |
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Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
Orbit type | Outer main belt |
Asteroid family | Themis family |
Major semi-axis | 3.2493 AU |
eccentricity | 0.1285 |
Perihelion - aphelion | 2.8319 AU - 3.6667 AU |
Inclination of the orbit plane | 0.4923 ° |
Length of the ascending node | 185.4581 ° |
Argument of the periapsis | 167.5106 ° |
Sidereal period | 5.86 a |
Mean orbital velocity | 16.51 km / s |
Physical Properties | |
Medium diameter | 9.944 ± 0.495 km |
Albedo | 0.065 ± 0.003 |
Absolute brightness | 13.7 mag |
history | |
Explorer | Takao Kobayashi |
Date of discovery | December 20, 1996 |
Another name | 1996 YK , 1989 VO 5 , 1992 EX 14 |
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. |
(8926) Abemasanao is an asteroid of the outer main belt , of December 20, 1996 by the Japanese amateur astronomers Takao Kobayashi on Oizumi Observatory ( IAU code 411) in Oizumi in Gunma Prefecture was discovered.
He was named on 10 November 2003 after the Japanese astronomers Masanao Abe (born 1967), who with the development of NIRS - IR - spectrometer to the success of the space probe Hayabusa contributed.
The asteroid belongs to the Themis family, a group of asteroids named after (24) Themis .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ The family affiliation of (8926) Abemasanao in the AstDyS-2 database (English)
Web links
- Asteroid Abemasanao: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Abemasanao in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (8926) Abemasanao in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).