6244 Okamoto
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | T. Seki |
| Discovery site | Geisei |
| Discovery date | 20 August 1990 |
| Designations | |
| 6244 | |
| 1990 QF | |
| Orbital characteristics[1] | |
| Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 29721 days (81.37 yr) |
| Aphelion | 2.489304499682412 AU (372.39465267641 Gm) |
| Perihelion | 1.82991167625419 AU (273.75089033669 Gm) |
| 2.159608087968 AU (323.0727715065 Gm) | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1526649272851540 |
| 3.17 yr (1159.2 d) | |
| 320.1674207537190° | |
| 0° 18m 38.006s / day | |
| Inclination | 5.399438164460342° |
| 331.3767080914450° | |
| 51.40237448529490° | |
| Earth MOID | 0.836428 AU (125.1278 Gm) |
| Jupiter MOID | 2.98517 AU (446.575 Gm) |
| TJupiter | 3.677 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 2.8958 h (0.12066 d) | |
| 13.5 | |
6244 Okamoto (1990 QF) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on August 20, 1990 by T. Seki at Geisei. A moon was discovered in 2006 from light curve observations, with a period of 20 hours, 19 minutes.[2]
References
- ^ "6244 Okamoto (1990 QF)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ^ Johnston, Robert. "(6244) Okamoto". johnstonsarchive.net. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
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