9971 Ishihara

9971 Ishihara

Orbit of 9971 Ishihara (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
Discovery
Discovered by K. Endate & K. Watanabe
Discovery date 16 April 1993
Designations
MPC designation 9971 Ishihara
1993 HS, 1991 YC2, 1996 EU1
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 8544 days (23.39 yr)
Aphelion 2.4456765 AU (365.86800 Gm)
Perihelion 1.916716 AU (286.7366 Gm)
2.1811963 AU (326.30232 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1212546
3.22 yr (1176.6 d)
335.21055°
 18m 21.449s / day
Inclination 2.748450°
20.55133°
245.95179°
Earth MOID 0.901497 AU (134.8620 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 2.61499 AU (391.197 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.669
Physical characteristics
Dimensions ~22.4 km[2]
6.7152 h (0.27980 d)
Surface temp. min mean max
Kelvin
Celsius
13.8

    9971 Ishihara is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.22 years.[1]

    Discovered on April 16, 1993 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe it was given the provisional designation 1993 HS. It was later renamed Ishihara after Takahiro Ishihara, a former president of the Hiroshima Astronomical Society.[3]

    References

    1. 1 2 "9971 Ishihara (1993 HS)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. Tedesco E.F.; Noah P.V.; Noah M.; Price S.D. "The supplemental IRAS minor planet survey (SIMPS)".
    3. MPC 47298 Minor Planet Center

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