5855 Yukitsuna

Yukitsuna
Discovery
Discovered by Natori and Urata
Discovery site Yakiimo
Discovery date 26 October 1992
Designations
MPC designation 5855
1992 UO2
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 26416 days (72.32 yr)
Aphelion 2.9475 AU (440.94 Gm)
Perihelion 2.1572 AU (322.71 Gm)
2.5523 AU (381.82 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.15482
4.08 yr (1489.4 d)
291.108°
 14m 30.156s / day
Inclination 15.510°
20.601°
324.062°
Earth MOID 1.1681 AU (174.75 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.52968 AU (378.435 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.372
Physical characteristics
19.04 h (0.793 d)
12.1

    5855 Yukitsuna (1992 UO2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1992 by Natori and Urata at Yakiimo.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 19.04 ± 0.04 hours with a brightness variation of 0.8 ± 0.1 magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. "5855 Yukitsuna (1992 UO2)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. Carbo, Landy; et al. (July 2009), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory and Oakley Observatory: 2008 September and October", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 36 (3): 91–94, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36...91C.

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