3996 Fugaku

3996 Fugaku
Discovery [1]
Discovered byM. Arai
H. Mori
Discovery siteYorii Obs.
Discovery date5 December 1988
Designations
(3996) Fugaku
Named after
Mount Fuji (Japan)[2]
1988 XG1 · 1939 FZ
1957 TB · 1981 SO5
1981 UM16
main-belt · Flora [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc78.22 yr (28,570 days)
Aphelion2.4941 AU
Perihelion2.0254 AU
2.2597 AU
Eccentricity0.1037
3.40 yr (1,241 days)
338.50°
0° 17m 24.36s / day
Inclination2.2842°
90.755°
156.18°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions5.151±0.074 km[4]
5.231±0.032 km[5]
5.40 km (calculated)[3]
5.88±1.10 km[6]
7.1912±0.0016 h[7]
0.24 (assumed)[3]
0.34±0.17[6]
0.4086±0.0152[5]
0.420±0.066[4]
S [3]
13.0[1][5][6] · 13.055±0.003 (R)[7] · 13.5[3] · 13.57±0.25[8]

3996 Fugaku, provisional designation 1988 XG1, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 5.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 5 December 1988, by Japanese amateur astronomers Masaru Arai and Hiroshi Mori at Yorii Observatory in central Japan.[9] It was named for Mount Fuji, Japan.[2]

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