Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Auguste Charlois |
Discovery site | Nice |
Discovery date | 2 December 1902 |
Designations | |
MPC designation | 498 |
1902 KU | |
Orbital characteristics | |
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5) | |
Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
Observation arc | 112.09 yr (40942 d) |
Aphelion | 3.2459283 AU (485.58396 Gm) |
Perihelion | 2.0591298 AU (308.04143 Gm) |
2.6525291 AU (396.81271 Gm) | |
Eccentricity | 0.2237107 |
4.32 yr (1577.9 d) | |
178.62454° | |
0° 13m 41.327s / day | |
Inclination | 9.493271° |
97.404216° | |
241.19753° | |
Earth MOID | 1.06836 AU (159.824 Gm) |
Jupiter MOID | 2.1789 AU (325.96 Gm) |
Jupiter Tisserand parameter | 3.334 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius
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±1.15 40.915km |
41.85 h (1.744 d) | |
Sidereal rotation period
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41.85 h |
±0.004 0.0694 | |
8.95 | |
498 Tokio (1902 KU) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on December 2, 1902 by Auguste Charlois at the Nice Observatory.