6025 Naotosato

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6025 Naotosato
Discovery  [1]
Discovered by T. Urata
Discovery site Nihondaira Obs.
Discovery date30 December 1992
Designations
(6025) Naotosato
Named after
 Naoto Satō
(Japanese astronomer) [2]
1992 YA3 ·1954 SG1
1965 UO ·1977 BK
1983 EE1 ·1986 TL11
1987 YS2 ·1990 HF2
1991 RS29
main-belt  · Eos   [3]
Orbital characteristics   [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 62.68 yr (22,895 days)
Aphelion 3.2334 AU
Perihelion 2.8116 AU
3.0225 AU
Eccentricity 0.0698
5.25 yr (1,919 days)
276.73°
0° 11m 15.36s / day
Inclination 8.9985°
280.24°
160.02°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions17.80 km (calculated) [3]
18.442±0.135 [4]
19.90±0.91 km [5]
19.968±0.172 km [6]
10 h [7]
0.14 (assumed) [3]
0.1475±0.0099 [6]
0.162±0.016 [5]
0.188±0.040 [4]
S   [3]
11.2 [5] [6]  ·11.5 [1] [3]  ·11.70±0.28 [8]

    6025 Naotosato, provisional designation 1992 YA3, is an Eoan asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 December 1992, by Japanese astronomer Takeshi Urata at the Nihondaira Observatory in Oohira, Japan. [9] The asteroid was named after Japanese amateur astronomer Naoto Satō. [2]

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    Orbit and classification

    Naotosato is a member of the Eos family ( 606 ), the largest asteroid family in the outer main belt, consisting of nearly 10,000 asteroids.

    It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.8–3.2  AU once every 5 years and 3 months (1,919 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.07 and an inclination of 9° with respect to the ecliptic. [1] The first observation was made at Goethe Link Observatory in 1954, extending the asteroid's observation arc by 38 years prior to its discovery. [9]

    Physical characteristics

    Rotation period

    In September 2009, a rotational lightcurve of Naotosato was obtained from photometric observations by French astronomer René Roy. The fragmentary lightcurve gave a longer-than average rotation period of 10 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.20 in magnitude ( U=1 ). [7]

    Diameter and albedo

    According to the surveys carried out by the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Naotosato measures between 18.4 and 20.0 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.148 and 0.188, [4] [5] [6] while the Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.14 and calculates a diameter of 17.8 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 11.5. [3]

    Naming

    This minor planet was named after Japanese amateur astronomer Naoto Satō (born 1953), by profession a junior high school science teacher and a prolific discoverer of minor planets from his private Chichibu Observatory himself. He has also prediscovered C/1989 Y2, a parabolic comet credited to McKenzie–Russell. [2] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 2 February 1999 ( M.P.C. 33786). [10]

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