10617 Takumi
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. Hirasawa and S. Suzuki |
| Discovery site | Mount Nyukasa Station |
| Discovery date | October 25, 1997 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 10617 |
| 1997 UK24 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.4001312 |
| Perihelion | 2.0059824 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0894550 |
| 1194.3647086 | |
| 111.84032 | |
| Inclination | 4.54629 |
| 301.00178 | |
| 67.53157 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 13.4 | |
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10617 Takumi (1997 UK24) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 25, 1997 by M. Hirasawa and Shohei Suzuki at Nyukasa. It is named after astronomer Takumi Takahata, whose "measurescope" [sic] was used by the discoverers to determine the asteroid's coordinates.[1]