5855 Yukitsuna

Yukitsuna
Discovery
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

    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

    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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