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5855 Yukitsuna

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Discovered by
  
Natori and Urata

Alternative names
  
1992 UO2

Aphelion
  
2.9475 AU (440.94 Gm)

Discovered
  
26 October 1992

Discovery site
  
JCPM Yakiimo Station

MPC designation
  
5855

Discovery date
  
26 October 1992

Observation arc
  
26416 days (72.32 yr)

Perihelion
  
2.1572 AU (322.71 Gm)

Orbits
  
Sun

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

Discoverers
  
Takeshi Urata, Akira Natori

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5855 Yukitsuna (1992 UO2) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on October 26, 1992 by Natori and Urata at Yakiimo.

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 19.04 ± 0.04 hours with a brightness variation of 0.8 ± 0.1 magnitude.

References

5855 Yukitsuna Wikipedia