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9964 Hideyonoguchi

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Discovered by
  
T. Seki

MPC designation
  
9964 Hideyonoguchi

Perihelion
  
2.1000752 AU

Absolute magnitude
  
13.4

Discoverer
  
Tsutomu Seki

Discovery site
  
Geisei Observatory

Discovery date
  
February 13, 1992

Aphelion
  
2.8401838 AU

Discovered
  
13 February 1992

Orbits
  
Sun

Named after
  
Hideyo Noguchi

Asteroid group
  
Asteroid belt

9964 Hideyonoguchi

Alternative names
  
1992 CF1, 1982 VM6, 1996 KP1

9964 Hideyonoguchi is a main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.88 years.

Discovered on February 13, 1992 by T. Seki, it was given the provisional designation "1992 CF1". It was later renamed "Hideyonoguchi" after Hideyo Noguchi, a bacteriologist who made important advances in medicine working at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

References

9964 Hideyonoguchi Wikipedia