6247 Amanogawa

Amanogawa
Discovery
Discovered by Endate and Watanabe
Discovery site Kitami Observatory
Discovery date 21 November 1990
Designations
MPC designation 6247
1990 WY3
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 9111 days (24.94 yr)
Aphelion 2.5296 AU (378.42 Gm)
Perihelion 2.2585 AU (337.87 Gm)
2.3941 AU (358.15 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.056605
3.70 yr (1353.0 d)
316.219°
 15m 57.852s / day
Inclination 8.5730°
105.590°
287.185°
Earth MOID 1.28144 AU (191.701 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.71072 AU (405.518 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.513
Physical characteristics
12.38 h (0.516 d)
13.4

    6247 Amanogawa (1990 WY3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 21, 1990 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami Observatory.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 12.38 ± 0.02 hours with a brightness variation of 0.48 ± 0.04 magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. "6247 Amanogawa (1990 WY3)". 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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