3290 Azabu

Azabu
Discovery
Discovered by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels
Discovery site Palomar Observatory
Discovery date 19 September 1973
Designations
MPC designation 3290
Named after
Azabu
1973 SZ1
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 22617 days (61.92 yr)
Aphelion 4.4668315 AU (668.22848 Gm)
Perihelion 3.4603234 AU (517.65701 Gm)
3.963577 AU (592.9427 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.1269697
7.89 yr (2882.2 d)
303.22986°
 7m 29.651s / day
Inclination 2.770050°
75.23532°
112.45545°
Earth MOID 2.46269 AU (368.413 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 0.500678 AU (74.9004 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.042
Physical characteristics
12 h (0.50 d)
12.1

    3290 Azabu (1973 SZ1) is an outer main-belt asteroid discovered on September 19, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels at Palomar Observatory.

    References

    • Dahlgren, M.; Lahulla, J.F.; Lagerkvist, C.-I.; Lagerros, J.; et al. (1998) Icarus 133, 247-285.

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