5176 Yoichi

Yoichi
Discovery
Discovered by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda
Discovery site Kushiro
Discovery date 4 January 1989
Designations
MPC designation 5176
Named after
Yoichi
1989 AU
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 29301 days (80.22 yr)
Aphelion 3.5226474 AU (526.98055 Gm)
Perihelion 1.8547509 AU (277.46679 Gm)
2.688699 AU (402.2236 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.3101679
4.41 yr (1610.3 d)
118.16350°
 13m 24.81s / day
Inclination 7.698914°
94.11917°
268.61516°
Earth MOID 0.869893 AU (130.1341 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.988 AU (297.4 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.290
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
8.28 ± 0.35 km
0.0849 ± 0.007
12.3

    5176 Yoichi (1989 AU) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on January 4, 1989 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro. On November 2, it will pass in front of the 8.4 magnitude star HIP 14421, causing a magnitude drop from 8.4 to 14.1. It will be visible over Southern Japan, Eastern China, A large portion of Southern California, Flagstaff, Arizona, New Mexico, Northern Texas, Louisiana, Southern Mississippi, Alabama, and Northern Florida.[2]

    References

    1. "5176 Yoichi (1989 AU)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. Preston, Steve. "(5176) Yoichi / HIP 14421 event on 2014 Nov 02, 10:58 UT". asteroidoccultation.com. Retrieved 24 October 2014.

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