9993 Kumamoto

Infobox Planet
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name = 9993 Kumamoto
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caption = Orbit of 9993 Kumamoto (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
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discoverer = J. Kobayashi
discovered = November 6, 1997
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alt_names = 1997 VX5, 1980 PE4, 1988 NH1, 1995 EB9
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epoch = October 27, 2007
aphelion = 2.6733878 AU
perihelion = 2.399785 AU
semimajor = 2.5365864 AU
eccentricity = 0.0539313
period = 1475.6145473 d
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inclination = 10.68525°
asc_node = 166.56594°
mean_anomaly = 256.34159°
arg_peri = 158.79023°
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temperatures=yes
temp_name1 = Kelvin
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temp_name2 = Celsius
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abs_magnitude = 13.1

9993 Kumamoto is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 4.04 years. [cite web|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9993%20Kumamoto;orb=0;cov=0;log=0#elem|title = 9993 Kumamoto (1997 VX5)|work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser]

Discovered by J. Kobayashi on November 6, 1997 it was given the provisional designation 1997 VX5. It was later renamed Kumamoto in honour of Kumamoto, the home city of the asteroid's discoverer. ["MPC 39653" Minor Planet Center]

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