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Discovery[1] and designation
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| Discovered by | M. Yanai and K. Watanabe |
| Discovery site | Kitami |
| Discovery date | October 28, 1992 |
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Designations
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| Alternate name(s) | 1992 UZ6 |
| Minor planet category |
Main belt |
| Epoch January 4, 2010 (JD 2455200.5) | |
| Aphelion | 447.158 Gm (2.989 AU) |
| Perihelion | 312.042 Gm (2.086 AU) |
| Semi-major axis | 379.600 Gm (2.537 AU) |
| Eccentricity | 0.178 |
| Orbital period | 1476.385 d (4.04 a) |
| Average orbital speed | 18.55 km/s |
| Mean anomaly | 96.261° |
| Inclination | 3.784° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 272.962° |
| Dimensions | ? km |
| Mass | ?×10? kg |
| Mean density | ? g/cm³ |
| Equatorial surface gravity | ? m/s² |
| Equatorial escape velocity | ? km/s |
| Sidereal rotation period |
? d |
| Axial tilt | ?° |
| Pole ecliptic latitude | ? |
| Pole ecliptic longitude | ? |
| Geometric albedo | 0.10 |
| Temperature | ~175 K |
| Spectral type | ? |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.8 |
17516 Kogayukihito (1992 UZ6) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 28, 1992 by Masayuki Yanai and Kazuro Watanabe at the Kitami Observatory. The asteroid was named for the Japanese amateur astronomer and broadcaster Yukihito Koga.[1]
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