7816 Hanoi
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. Koishikawa |
| Discovery site | Ayashi Station of the Sendai Astronomical Observatory (仙台市天文台) |
| Discovery date | December 18, 1987 |
| Designations | |
| MPC designation | 7816 |
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Named after
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Hanoi |
| 1987 YA | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch May 14, 2008 | |
| Aphelion | 2.9956280[1] |
| Perihelion | 1.6309364[1] |
| Eccentricity | 0.2949687[1] |
| 1285.1130823 [1] | |
| 96.54257[1] | |
| Inclination | 2.37921 [1] |
| 223.05692 [1] | |
| 170.43711[1] | |
| Physical characteristics | |
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Sidereal rotation period
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5.17[1] |
| 14.6[1] | |
7816 Hanoi (1987 YA) is a Mars-crossing asteroid discovered on December 18, 1987 by M. Koishikawa at the Ayashi Station of the Sendai Astronomical Observatory. This is named for capital of Vietnam
Discovery
7816 Hanoi was discovered in 1987 Dec. 18 by M. Koishikawa at the Ayashi Station of the Sendai Astronomical Observatory. It was named for Hanoi, the city which Koishikawa in 1997 with Yoshihide Kozai to help Vietnamese astronomers install a 0.40-m Schmidt Cassegrain telescope with a CCD camera and a 0.10-m refractor at HNUE.
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