4265 Kani

Kani
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta
Discovery site Kani
Discovery date October 8, 1989
Designations
MPC designation 4265
Named after
Kani, Gifu
1989 TX
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 2.9137217
Perihelion 1.9427041
Eccentricity 0.1999449
1382.0653146
334.77950
Inclination 4.35482
127.29582
242.80707
Physical characteristics
12.8

    4265 Kani (1989 TX) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 8, 1989 by Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta at Kani.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid carried out from Golden Hill Observatory in Stourton Caundle and Palmer Divide Observatory in Colorado Springs, Colorado produced a light curve with a period of 5.7279 ± 0.0002 hours and a brightness variation of 0.75 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[1]

    References

    1. Miles, Richard; Warner, Brian D. (April 2009), "The Rotation Period of 4265 Kani and an Example of the Meridian Flip Problem", Bulletin of the Minor Planets Section of the Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers 36 (2): 66–68, Bibcode:2009MPBu...36...66M.

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