3950 Yoshida

3950 Yoshida[1]
Discovery
Discovered by Inoda, S. and Urata, T. at Karasuyama
Discovery date February 8, 1986
Epoch June 18, 2009 (JD 2455000.5) TDB
Aphelion 3.1486853 AU
Perihelion 2.8482251 AU
Semi-major axis 2.9984552 AU
Eccentricity 0.0501025
Orbital period 1896.4648210 d (5.19 a)
Mean anomaly 138.87930°
Inclination 8.92607°
Longitude of ascending node 269.09661°
Argument of perihelion 279.29917°
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H) 12.0

3950 Yoshida is a main belt asteroid that completes one revolution around the Sun approximately every 5 years. It was discovered on February 8, 1986 by Shigeru Inoda and Takeshi Urata at Karasuyama, Japan.[1] It is named for Tougo Yoshida (1864-1918), a Japanese toponymist.

References

  1. ^ a b "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=3950. Retrieved June 20, 2009.