4904 Makio

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4904 Makio
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by Y. Mizuno
T. Furuta
Discovery site Kani Obs. ( 403 )
Discovery date21 November 1989
Designations
(4904) Makio
Named after
 Makio Akiyama
(Japanese astronomer) [2]
1989 WZ ·1974 TB
1974 WC ·1980 KF2
main-belt  ·(inner)  [3] [4]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 42.65 yr (15,578 days)
Aphelion 2.6986 AU
Perihelion 2.0785 AU
2.3886 AU
Eccentricity 0.1298
3.69 yr (1,348 days)
129.31°
0° 16m 1.2s / day
Inclination 10.122°
228.94°
266.59°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions6.992±0.044 km [5] [6]
9.40 km (calculated) [4]
7.830±0.003 h [7]
0.20 (assumed) [4]
0.329±0.033 [6]
0.3295±0.0326 [5]
S   [4]
12.5 [1] [4]  ·12.6 [5]  ·12.70±0.57 [8]

    4904 Makio, provisional designation 1989 WZ, is a stony asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered by Japanese astronomers Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta at Kani Observatory ( 403 ) on 21 November 1989. [3] It was named after Japanese astronomer Makio Akiyama. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Makio orbits the Sun in the inner main-belt at a distance of 2.1–2.7  AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,348 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.13 and an inclination of 10° with respect to the ecliptic. [1]

    It was first identified as 1974 TB at the Chilean Cerro El Roble Station in 1974, extending the body's observation arc by 15 years prior to its discovery. [3]

    Physical characteristics

    Makio has been characterized as a common S-type asteroid. [4]

    Rotation period

    A rotational lightcurve of Makio was obtained from photometric observations made by Julian Oey at the Australian Kingsgrove Observatory ( E19 ) in March 2009. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of 7.830 hours with a small brightness variation of 0.08 magnitude, indicative of a spheroidal shape ( U=2 ). [7]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the survey carried out by the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Makio measures 7.0 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.33, [5] [6] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes a standard albedo for stony asteroids of 0.20 and calculates a diameter of 9.4 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.5. [4]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after Japanese astronomer Makio Akiyama (born 1950), an observer and discoverer of minor planets himself at the Susono Observatory ( 886 ). [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 5 March 1996 ( M.P.C. 26763). [9]

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