6980 Kyusakamoto

Infobox Planet | minorplanet = yes | width = 25em | bgcolour = #FFFFC0
name=6980 Kyusakamoto
discovery=yes
discovery_ref= [http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html]
discoverer=K. Endate, K. Watanabe
discovered=September 16 1993
alt_names=mp|1979 WH|7; mp|1988 RU|13; mp|1993 SV|1
mp_category=Main belt
orbit_ref= [ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html]
epoch=December 31, 2006 (JD 2454100.5)
semimajor=423.928 Gm (2.834 AU)
perihelion=404.348 Gm (2.703 AU)
aphelion=443.508 Gm (2.965 AU)
eccentricity=0.046
period=1742.400 d (4.77 a)
inclination=3.293°
asc_node=97.517°
arg_peri=205.476°
mean_anomaly=342.695°
avg_speed=17.68 km/s
physical_characteristics=yes
dimensions=? km
mass=?e|? kg
density=? g/cm³
surface_grav=? m/s²
escape_velocity=? km/s
sidereal_day=? d
axial_tilt=?° | pole_ecliptic_lat=? | pole_ecliptic_lon=?
spectral_type=?
abs_magnitude=12.2
albedo=0.10?
single_temperature=~165 K

6980 Kyusakamoto is an asteroid discovered and named by the two Japanese astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuo Watanabe in 1993. Named in memory of the Japanese singer Kyu SakamotoMPCit_JPL|6980, this planet also symbolizes the famous trio of which Kyu Sakamoto was a member, with songwriter Rokusuke Ei and pianist Hachidai Nakamura: in Japanese, "Roku" is 6, "Kyu" 9 and "Hachi" 8. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Sato, A. Fujii and Y. Katagiri.

External links

* [http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=6980;orb=1;cov=0#orb|JPS Small-body Database browser]