3950 Yoshida

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3950 Yoshida[1]
Discovery
Discovered by Inoda, S. and Urata, T. at Karasuyama
Discovery date February 8, 1986
Orbital characteristics
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. 1.0 1.1 "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". Retrieved June 20, 2009. 
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