5855 Yukitsuna
| Discovery and designation | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Natori and Urata |
| Discovery site | Yakiimo |
| Discovery date | October 26, 1992 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 5855 |
| 1992 UO2 | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.9456 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.1613 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.1536 |
| 1490.370 d | |
| 335.429° | |
| Inclination | 15.505° |
| 20.764° | |
| 323.306° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 11.8 | |
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5855 Yukitsuna (1992 UO2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1992 by Natori and Urata at Yakiimo.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 19.04 ± 0.04 hours with a brightness variation of 0.8 ± 0.1 magnitude.[1]
References
- ↑ 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.