6980 Kyusakamoto

Tags: Planet.

6980 Kyusakamoto is an asteroid discovered and named by the two Japanese astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuo Watanabe in 1993. Named in memory of the Japanese singer Kyu Sakamoto† this planet also symbolizes the famous trio of which Kyu Sakamoto was a member with songwriter Rokusuke Ei and pianist Hachidai Nakamura: in Japanese Roku is 6 Kyu 9 and Hachi 8. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Sato A. Fujii and Y. Katagiri.

apoapsis (km)

4.43508e+11

average speed (km/s)

63648.0

orbital period (μ)

1.50543e+08

periapsis (km)

4.04348e+11

temperature (K)

165.0

absolute magnitude

12.2

albedo

0.1

discovery date

1993-09-16

discoverer

Kin Endate, Kazuro Watanabe

epoch

December 31 2006 (JD 2454100.5)

former name

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