13039 Awashima
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | K. Endate, K. Watanabe |
| Discovery site | Kitami Observatory |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1990 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 13039 |
| 1990 FK1 = 1984 FE2 = 1997 UT10 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch November 30, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.7275173 |
| Perihelion | 2.6272551 |
| 3.1773862 | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1731395 |
| 2068.7282080 | |
| 68.95525 | |
| Inclination | 11.46488 |
| 175.09705 | |
| 67.92699 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 12.3 | |
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13039 Awashima (1990 FK1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 27, 1990 by Kin Endate and Kazuo Watanabe at Kitami Observatory in Hokkaido, Japan.
It named after a small island Awashima （粟島） in Niigata Prefecture, in Sea of Japan, and proposed by Shigemi Numazawa.
References
External links
- JPL Small-Body Database Browser on 13039 Awashima
- Japan Planetarium Lab. - 小惑星 「あわしま」 誕生
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