13176 Kobedaitenken
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13176 Kobedaitenken is a main belt asteroid
with an orbital period
of 2092.8440256 days (5.73 years).
The asteroid was discovered on April 21, 1996 by Robert H. McNaught
and Hiroshi Abe
in Yatsuka, Shimane
.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
with an orbital period
Orbital period
The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit about another object.When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars.There are several kinds of...
of 2092.8440256 days (5.73 years).
The asteroid was discovered on April 21, 1996 by Robert H. McNaught
Robert H. McNaught
Robert H. McNaught is a Scottish-Australian astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University. He has collaborated with David J. Asher of the Armagh Observatory....
and Hiroshi Abe
Hiroshi Abe (astronomer)
is a Japanese amateur astronomer affiliated with the Yatsuka Observatory. He is noted for numerous discoveries, including his 2007 discovery of the Nova Vulpeculae. The minor planet Abehiroshi is named in his honor.-See also:*List of asteroids...
in Yatsuka, Shimane
Yatsuka, Shimane
was a town located in Yatsuka District, Shimane, Japan.On March 31, 2005 Yatsuka, along with the towns of Kashima, Mihonoseki, Shimane, Shinji and Tamayu, and the village of Yakumo, all from Yatsuka District, was merged into the expanded city of Matsue....
.