4647 Syuji

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4647 Syuji
Discovery [1]
Discovered by K. Reinmuth
Discovery site Heidelberg Obs.
Discovery date9 October 1931
Designations
(4647) Syuji
Named after
Shuji Hayakawa [1]
(Japanese astronomer)
1931 TU1 ·1970 PD
1979 FN3 ·1979 GA
1980 RF4
main-belt [1] [2]  ·(outer)
background [3]
Orbital characteristics [2]
Epoch 23 March 2018 (JD 2458200.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 86.39 yr (31,553 d)
Aphelion 3.6451 AU
Perihelion 2.1369 AU
2.8910 AU
Eccentricity 0.2608
4.92 yr (1,795 d)
240.47°
0° 12m 1.8s / day
Inclination 6.9377°
180.58°
128.29°
Physical characteristics
Mean diameter
13.864±0.057  km [4]
0.063±0.004 [4]
12.8 [2]

    4647 Syuji, provisional designation 1931 TU1, is a dark background asteroid from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 9 October 1931, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany. The likely carbonaceous asteroid was named for Japanese astronomer Shuji Hayakawa. [1]

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    Orbit and classification

    Syuji is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population. [3] It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.1–3.6  AU once every 4 years and 11 months (1,795 days; semi-major axis of 2.89 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.26 and an inclination of 7° with respect to the ecliptic. [2] The body's observation arc begins at Heidelberg on 17 October 1931, or eight nights after its official discovery observation. [1] orbital read

    Physical characteristics

    Syuji has an absolute magnitude of 12.8. [2] Based on the body's albedo (see below) and its location in the asteroid belt, it is likely a carbonaceous asteroid. As of 2018, no rotational lightcurve of Syuji has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown. [2]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Syuji measures 13.864 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.063. [4]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after Japanese astronomer Shuji Hayakawa (born 1958; first name also spelled "Syuji" or "Shūji"), an observer of comets and discoverer of minor planets at the Okutama Observatory ( 877 ) in Okutama, west of Tokyo. [1] The official naming was proposed by Takao Kobayashi and the citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 May 1994 ( M.P.C. 23540). [5]

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    References

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