3133 Sendai

3133 Sendai
Discovery [1]
Discovered byA. Kopff
Discovery siteHeidelberg Obs.
Discovery date4 October 1907
Designations
(3133) Sendai
Named after
Sendai (Japanese city)[2]
A907 TC · 1968 TO
1973 DN · 1981 UX
1984 QG1 · A907 XA
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc109.19 yr (39,882 days)
Aphelion2.5314 AU
Perihelion1.8299 AU
2.1806 AU
Eccentricity0.1608
3.22 yr (1,176 days)
44.618°
0° 18m 21.96s / day
Inclination6.5666°
37.160°
358.26°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions7.25±0.30 km[4]
7.47 km (calculated)[3]
8.323±0.066 km[5]
5.7491±0.0008 h[6]
5.776±0.005 h[a]
0.2131±0.0373[5]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
0.307±0.039[4]
S [3]
12.8[1][3] · 12.7[5] · 12.7[4] · 12.522±0.001 (R)[6] · 12.92±0.21[7]

3133 Sendai, provisional designation A907 TC, is a stony Flora asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 8 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 4 October 1907, by German astronomer August Kopff at Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany.[8] The asteroid was named for the Japanese city of Sendai.[2]

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