6247 Amanogawa
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| Discovery and designation | |
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| Discovered by | Endate and Watanabe |
| Discovery site | Kitami Observatory |
| Discovery date | November 21, 1990 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 6247 |
| Alternative names | 1990 WY3 |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.527 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.261 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.0555 |
| Orbital period | 1353.121 d |
| Mean anomaly | 290.988° |
| Inclination | 8.571° |
| Longitude of ascending node | 105.624° |
| Argument of perihelion | 287.378° |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.6 |
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6247 Amanogawa (1990 WY3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 21, 1990 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami Observatory.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 12.38 ± 0.02 hours with a brightness variation of 0.48 ± 0.04 magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ Carbo, Landy et al. (July 2009), "Asteroid Lightcurve Analysis at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory and Oakley Observatory: 2008 September and October", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 36 (3): 91–94, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36...91C.
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