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Discovery and designation
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| Discovered by | A. Nakamura |
| Discovery site | Kuma Kogen |
| Discovery date | November 16, 1999 |
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Designations
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| MPC designation | 47293 |
| Alternate name(s) | 1999 WO |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Ap | 2.9288052 |
| Peri | 1.8233110 |
| Eccentricity | 0.2326320 |
| Orbital period | 1337.7778774 |
| Mean anomaly | 197.48679 |
| Inclination | 3.29317 |
| Longitude of ascending node | 67.45872 |
| Argument of peri | 253.65027 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.4 |
47293 Masamitsu (1999 WO) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 16, 1999 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.
It takes its name from Masamitsu Nakamura, Japanese amateur astronomer and medical technologist, co-discoverer of comet C/1994 N1 (Nakamura-Nishimura-Machholz)