9844 Otani

9844 Otani
Discovery [1]
Discovered byY. Kushida
O. Muramatsu
Discovery siteYatsugatake South Base Obs.
Discovery date23 November 1989
Designations
(9844) Otani
Named after
Toyokazu Otani
(astronomy lecturer)[2]
1989 WF1 · 1980 VF1
1996 HA26
main-belt · Eunomia [3]
Orbital characteristics [1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc67.44 yr (24,634 days)
Aphelion3.2894 AU
Perihelion2.1105 AU
2.7000 AU
Eccentricity0.2183
4.44 yr (1,620 days)
102.78°
0° 13m 19.92s / day
Inclination12.932°
60.733°
353.14°
Physical characteristics
Dimensions3.84 km (calculated)[3]
10.0730±0.0053 h[4]
0.21 (assumed)[3]
S [3]
13.87±0.47[5] · 13.9[1] · 13.939±0.004 (R)[4] · 14.39[3]

9844 Otani, provisional designation 1989 WF1, is a stony Eunomian asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt, approximately 4 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 23 November 1989, by Japanese astronomers Yoshio Kushida and Osamu Muramatsu at the Yatsugatake South Base Observatory, Hokuto, near the Greater Tokyo Area, Japan.[6] It was named for Japanese astronomer Toyokazu Otani.[2]

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