Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | T. Hioki N. Kawasato |
Discovery site | Okutama Obs. |
Discovery date | 8 October 1989 |
Designations | |
(9942) 1989 TM1 | |
1989 TM1 | |
main-belt[1][2] · (middle)[3] background | |
Orbital characteristics[2] | |
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 26.64 yr (9,732 days) |
Aphelion | 3.0287 AU |
Perihelion | 2.1619 AU |
2.5953 AU | |
Eccentricity | 0.1670 |
4.18 yr (1,527 days) | |
217.94° | |
0° 14m 8.52s / day | |
Inclination | 9.9393° |
21.747° | |
38.492° | |
Physical characteristics | |
4.12±0.45 km[4] 4.73 km (calculated)[3] | |
3.0706±0.0004 h[5] | |
0.20 (assumed)[3] 0.454±0.106[4] | |
S (assumed)[3] | |
13.40[4] · 13.541[5] 13.6[2] · 13.99[3] | |
(9942) 1989 TM1 (provisional designation 1989 TM1) is a background asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 4.5 kilometers (2.8 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 8 October 1989, by Japanese astronomers Nobuhiro Kawasato and Tsutomu Hioki at the Okutama Observatory (877) in Japan.[1] The asteroid has a tentative rotation period of 3.1 hours.[3]
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