4951 Iwamoto

4951 Iwamoto
Discovery [1]
Discovered byY. Mizuno
T. Furuta
Discovery siteKani Obs. (403)
Discovery date21 January 1990
Designations
(4951) Iwamoto
Named after
Masayuki Iwamoto
(Japanese astronomer)[2]
1990 BM · 1931 UQ
1985 QN6 · 1985 RH5
1989 WS3
main-belt · (inner)[3]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc85.45 yr (31,210 days)
Aphelion2.6318 AU
Perihelion1.8824 AU
2.2571 AU
Eccentricity0.1660
3.39 yr (1,239 days)
79.093°
0° 17m 26.52s / day
Inclination7.5269°
101.08°
339.95°
Known satellites1[4][a] (≥ 0.76 Ds/Dp; P: 118 h)
Physical characteristics
Dimensions4.39±0.02 km[4]
5.192±0.043 km[5]
5.515±0.033 km[6]
5.528 km (revised WISE)[7]
5.53 km (taken)[3]
118 h[8]
118.0±0.2 h[b]
0.1844 (revised WISE)[7]
0.1859±0.0324[6]
0.218±0.038[5]
SMASS = S[1] · S[3]
V–R = 0.480±0.030[b]
13.3[1] · 13.74±0.06[3][7][b] · 13.74[6] · 14.01±1.40[9]

4951 Iwamoto, provisional designation 1990 BM, is a stony, synchronous binary[a] asteroid and slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 21 January 1990, by Japanese astronomers Yoshikane Mizuno and Toshimasa Furuta at Kani Observatory (403) in Japan.[10]

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