4672 Takuboku

Takuboku
Discovery
Discovered by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda
Discovery site Kushiro
Discovery date 17 April 1988
Designations
MPC designation 4672
Named after
Takuboku Ishikawa
1988 HB
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 13 January 2016 (JD 2457400.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc 16397 days (44.89 yr)
Aphelion 3.3493247 AU (501.05184 Gm)
Perihelion 3.0326202 AU (453.67352 Gm)
3.190972 AU (477.3626 Gm)
Eccentricity 0.0496251
5.70 yr (2082.0 d)
268.53883°
 10m 22.475s / day
Inclination 15.52345°
91.75676°
174.16909°
Earth MOID 2.01544 AU (301.506 Gm)
Jupiter MOID 1.74886 AU (261.626 Gm)
Jupiter Tisserand parameter 3.138
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
17.795 ± 0.95 km
0.0609 ± 0.007
11.4

    4672 Takuboku (1988 HB) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on April 17, 1988 by Seiji Ueda and Hiroshi Kaneda at Kushiro. It was named after the Japanese poet Takuboku Ishikawa (1886–1912).[2]

    References

    1. "4672 Takuboku (1988 HB)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
    2. Meanings of asteroid names (4501-5000). See also: Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer, 5th ed. (ISBN 3-540-00238-3). "(4672) Takuboku", p. 402.

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