Discovery date 14 February 1991 Observation arc 24085 days (65.94 yr) Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | Alternative names 1991 CU2 Discovered 14 February 1991 Discovery site Kitami Observatory MPC designation 16525 | |
Discovered by K. Endate and K. Watanabe Aphelion 2.7327642 AU (408.81571 Gm) Perihelion 2.0653052 AU (308.96526 Gm) Discoverers Kin Endate, Kazuro Watanabe People also search for 5692 Shirao, Sun, 4971 Hoshinohiroba |
16525 Shumarinaiko (1991 CU2) is a main-belt binary asteroid discovered on February 14, 1991, by K. Endate and K. Watanabe at Kitami. A moon was discovered in 2013 with an orbital period of 14 hours, 24 minutes, and 35 seconds.
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