4951 Iwamoto

4951 Iwamoto
Discovery [1]
Discovered by Y. Mizuno, T. Furuta
Discovery site Kani Observatory (403)
Discovery date 21 January 1990
Designations
MPC designation 4951 Iwamoto
Named after
Masayuki Iwamoto
1990 BM; 1931 UQ
1985 QN6; 1985 RH5
1989 WS3
main-belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 30563 days (83.68 yr)
Aphelion 2.6321 AU (393.76 Gm)
Perihelion 1.8820 AU (281.54 Gm)
2.2570 AU (337.64 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.16617
3.39 yr (1238.5 d)
264.75°
 17m 26.412s / day
Inclination 7.5272°
101.09°
339.87°
Earth MOID 0.899303 AU (134.5338 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.59975 AU (388.917 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.593
Physical characteristics
118.0 h (4.92 d)
S (SMASSII)
13.3

    4951 Iwamoto (1990 BM) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on January 21, 1990 by Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta at Kani Observatory (403). A 3.34 km moon was discovered orbiting the asteroid at a distance of 31 kilometers, and an orbital period of 4 days and 22 hours.[2]

    References

    1. 1 2 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 4951 Iwamoto (1990 BM)" (2015-06-21 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. Johnston, Robert. "(4951) Iwamoto". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 28 May 2015.

    External links


    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/10/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.