5176 Yoichi

Yoichi
Discovery
Discovered by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda
Discovery site Kushiro
Discovery date 4 January 1989
Designations
MPC designation (5176) Yoichi
Named after
Yoichi
1989 AU
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 29301 days (80.22 yr)
Aphelion 3.5226474 AU (526.98055 Gm)
Perihelion 1.8547509 AU (277.46679 Gm)
2.688699 AU (402.2236 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.3101679
4.41 yr (1610.3 d)
118.16350°
 13m 24.81s / day
Inclination 7.698914°
94.11917°
268.61516°
Earth MOID 0.869893 AU (130.1341 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.988 AU (297.4 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.290
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
8.28 ± 0.35 km
0.0849 ± 0.007
12.3

    5176 Yoichi (1989 AU) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on 4 January 1989 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro. On November 2, it will pass in front of the 8.4 magnitude star HIP 14421, causing a magnitude drop from 8.4 to 14.1. It will be visible over Southern Japan, Eastern China, A large portion of Southern California, Flagstaff, Arizona, New Mexico, Northern Texas, Louisiana, Southern Mississippi, Alabama, and Northern Florida.[2]

    References

    1. "5176 Yoichi (1989 AU)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. Preston, Steve. "(5176) Yoichi / HIP 14421 event on 2014 Nov 02, 10:58 UT". asteroidoccultation.com. Retrieved 24 October 2014.


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