2090 Mizuho
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | T. Urata |
| Discovery site | Yakiimo Station |
| Discovery date | March 12, 1978 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 2090 |
| 1978 EA | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 3.4872065 |
| Perihelion | 2.6566743 |
| Eccentricity | 0.1351804 |
| 1966.6071204 | |
| 79.44495 | |
| Inclination | 11.79847 |
| 340.04247 | |
| 337.63569 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 10.99 | |
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2090 Mizuho (1978 EA) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on March 12, 1978 by T. Urata at Yakiimo Station. It was the first asteroid in over 50 years to be discovered by a non-professional astronomer, which set off a wave of interest in amateur asteroid discovery, especially in Japan.[1]
External links
- ↑ Authors: Kosai, H., Urata, T., & Nakamura, T. "Activities of Asteroid Studies by Amateur Astronomers in Japan". Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series. Seventy-five (75) years of Hirayama asteroid families: The role of collisions in the solar system history 63 (Sagamihara near Tokyo, Japan; San Francisco). Bibcode:1994ASPC...63..297K. Retrieved February 16, 2010.
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