5176 Yoichi
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5176 Yoichi (provisional designation Template:Mp) is a background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately Script error: No such module "convert". in diameter. It was discovered on 4 January 1989, by Japanese astronomers Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at the Kushiro Observatory on Hokkaido, Japan.[1] The likely elongated asteroid has a brightness variation of 0.45 magnitude,[2] and occulted a star in the constellation Cetus in November 2014.[3] It was named for the Japanese town of Yoichi.[1]
Orbit and classification
Yoichi is a non-family asteroid from the main belt's background population.[4] It orbits the Sun in the central main-belt at a distance of 1.9–3.5 AU once every 4 years and 5 months (1,609 days; semi-major axis of 2.69 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.31 and an inclination of 8° with respect to the ecliptic.[5]
The body's observation arc begins with its first observations as Template:Mp at Johannesburg Observatory in December 1935, or 53 years prior to its official discovery observation at Kushiro.[1]
Physical characteristics
Yoichi is an assumed S-type asteroid, while the body's albedo is rather indicative of a carbonaceous C-type asteroid (see below).[6]
Rotation period
In November 2015, photometric data of Yoichi was taken by astronomers at the Oakley Southern Sky Observatory in Australia. However no rotational lightcurve could be constructed. The asteroid's brightness amplitude was 0.42 magnitude (U=n.a.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".), indicative for an elongated shape.[2] As of 2018, the body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.[6]
Diameter and albedo
According to the surveys carried out by the Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS, the Japanese Akari satellite and the NEOWISE mission of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Yoichi measures between 15.68 and 19.49 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo between 0.05 and 0.0849.[7][8][9][10][11]
The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link derives an albedo of 0.0777 and a diameter of 16.54 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 12.3.[6]
Occultation
On 2 November 2014, Yoichi occulted 8.4 magnitude star Template:Mp in the constellation Cetus, causing a magnitude drop from 8.4 to 14.1 during 2.8 seconds. The occultation was visible over Southern Japan, Eastern China, as well as from Southern California to North Florida. The asteroid's 23-kilometer-wide shadow had a speed of approximately Script error: No such module "val".. An approximate diameter of 20 kilometers was assumed for the asteroid.[3]
Naming
This minor planet was named after the Japanese town of Yoichi, Hokkaido, where the discovering Kushiro Observatory is located.[1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 4 August 2001 (M.P.C. 43189Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".).[12]
References
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External links
- Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info Template:Webarchive)
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000) – Minor Planet Center
- Template:AstDys
- Template:PAGENAMEBASE at the JPL Small-Body DatabaseTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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