4387 Tanaka

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Tanaka
Discovery and designation
Discovered by	Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site	Palomar Observatory
Discovery date	September 19, 1973
Designations
MPC designation	4387
Named after	Yasuo Tanaka
Alternative names	4829 T-2
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion	2.4740532
Perihelion	2.4022684
Eccentricity	0.0147211
Orbital period	1390.5670651
Mean anomaly	257.03494
Inclination	4.27078
Longitude of ascending node	120.99249
Argument of perihelion	21.05311
Physical characteristics
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.8

4387 Tanaka (4829 T-2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at the Palomar Observatory. It is named for Japanese astrophysicist Yasuo Tanaka.

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