5692 Shirao

5692 Shirao
Discovery [1]
Discovered byK. Endate
K. Watanabe
Discovery siteKitami Obs.
Discovery date23 March 1992
Designations
(5692) Shirao
Named after
Motomaro Shirao
(geologist, photographer)[2]
1992 FR · 1949 KK
1966 FO · 1966 FS
1970 CH · 1976 SN2
1979 HT2 · 1979 HV1
1985 UW2 · 1989 SO9
main-belt · Eunomia [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc67.83 yr (24,776 days)
Aphelion3.1373 AU
Perihelion2.1723 AU
2.6548 AU
Eccentricity0.1818
4.33 yr (1,580 days)
287.13°
0° 13m 40.44s / day
Inclination11.931°
181.78°
44.251°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions9.17 km (calculated)[3]
9.548±0.155[4]
9.75±0.30 km[5]
9.811±0.063 km[6]
2.886±0.002 h[7]
2.8878±0.0004 h[a]
2.90±0.02 h (ii)[8]
0.21 (assumed)[3]
0.2218±0.0290[6]
0.223±0.030[4][5]
S [3][9]
12.3[5][6] · 12.47±0.25[9] · 12.5[1][3]

5692 Shirao, provisional designation 1992 FR, is a stony Eunomia asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 9 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 23 March 1992, by Japanese amateur astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe at Kitami Observatory, Hokkaidō, Japan.[10] The asteroid was later named for Japanese geologist and astrophotographer Motomaro Shirao.[2]

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