9975 Takimotokoso

Infobox Planet
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name = 9975 Takimotokoso
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caption = Orbit of 9975 Takimotokoso (blue), planets (red) and the Sun (black). The outermost planet visible is Jupiter.
discovery = yes
discovery_ref =
discoverer = K. Endate and K. Watanabe
discovered = September 12, 1993
designations = yes
mp_name =
alt_names = mp|1993 RZ|1, mp|1978 WF|15
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orbit_ref =
epoch = October 27, 2007
aphelion = 2.8140368 AU
perihelion = 2.110202 AU
semimajor = 2.4621194 AU
eccentricity = 0.1429327
period = 1411.1139887 d
avg_speed =
inclination = 1.04678°
asc_node = 247.20404°
mean_anomaly = 270.51412°
arg_peri = 61.94086°
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physical_characteristics = yes
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temperatures=yes
temp_name1 = Kelvin
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temp_name2 = Celsius
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abs_magnitude = 14.5

9975 Takimotokoso is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.86 years. [cite web|url = http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9975;orb=0;cov=0;log=0#elem|title = 9975 Takimotokoso (1993 RZ1)|work = JPL Small-Body Database Browser]

Discovered on September 12, 1993 by K. Endate and K. Watanabe it was given the provisional designation mp|1993 RZ|1. It was later renamed Takimotokoso after Koso Takimoto, the associate president of the Hiroshima Astronomical Society. ["MPC 47298" Minor Planet Center]

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