4959 Niinoama

Niinoama
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Natori and Urata
Discovery site Yakiimo
Discovery date August 15, 1991
Designations
MPC designation 4959
1991 PA1
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 3.1630 AU
Perihelion 3.1230 AU
Eccentricity 0.00525
2038.587 d
285.709°
Inclination 9.005°
128.953°
284.381°
Physical characteristics
0.1082
10.80

    4959 Niinoama (1991 PA1) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 15, 1991 by Natori and Urata at Yakiimo.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 4.73 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.32 ± 0.04 magnitude.[1]

    References

    1. ↑ 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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