Discovered by Endate and Watanabe MPC designation 6247 Observation arc 9111 days (24.94 yr) Discovered 21 November 1990 Argument of perihelion 287.185° Discovery site Kitami Observatory | Discovery date 21 November 1990 Alternative names 1990 WY3 Aphelion 2.5296 AU (378.42 Gm) Inclination 8.573° Orbits Sun Asteroid group Asteroid belt | |
Discoverers Kin Endate, Kazuro Watanabe | ||
6247 Amanogawa (1990 WY3) is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 21, 1990 by Endate and Watanabe at Kitami Observatory.
Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2008 show a rotation period of 12.38 ± 0.02 hours with a brightness variation of 0.48 ± 0.04 magnitude.
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