6247 Amanogawa

Amanogawa
Discovery and designation
Discovered by Endate and Watanabe
Discovery site Kitami Observatory
Discovery date November 21, 1990
Designations
MPC designation 6247
1990 WY3
Orbital characteristics
Epoch May 14, 2008
Aphelion 2.527 AU
Perihelion 2.261 AU
Eccentricity 0.0555
1353.121 d
290.988°
Inclination 8.571°
105.624°
287.378°
Physical characteristics
12.6

    6247 Amanogawa (1990 WY3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 21, 1990 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami Observatory.

    Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 12.38 ± 0.02 hours with a brightness variation of 0.48 ± 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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