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4584 Akan

asteroid
Place asteroid Q668690

Facts

27 properties

Identity

Instance of
asteroid
More facts +26
Follows
4583 Lugo[6]
Followed by
4585 Ainonai[7]
Absolute magnitude
+13.1, +13.34[23][24]
Albedo
+0.091[43]
Apoapsis
+3.348, +3.350215482295862[34][35]
Argument of periapsis
+64.26210, +66.424061537905[38][39]
Asteroid spectral type
C-type asteroid[18]
Diameter
+14.551[42]
Discoverer or inventor
Masanori Matsuyama, Kazurō Watanabe[1][2]
Epoch
November 21, 2025[44]
Longitude of ascending node
+25.63556, +25.14019448252233[30][31]
Mean anomaly
+63.55432, +293.1720047657585[40][41]
Minor planet group
asteroid belt[8]
Named after
Akan Mashu National Park[5]
Orbital eccentricity
0.2 (0.2–0.2, n=3)[20][21][22]
Orbital inclination
+7.69534, +7.670265265204891[25][26]
Orbital period
+4.66, +1701.53293782472[27][28]
Parent astronomical body
Sun[9]
Periapsis
+2.2349594, +2.228376753698344[36][37]
Provisional designation
1951 WA1, 1971 BR, 1979 VB2, 1979 YG1, 1985 BK2, 1988 UR1, 1990 FA[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Rotation period
+17.1022[29]
Semi-major axis of an orbit
+2.7914945, +2.789296117997103[32][33]
Significant event
naming[19]
Site of astronomical discovery
Kitami Observatory, Kushiro[3][4]
Time of discovery or invention
March 16, 1990[17]
Time of periapsis
+2461316.3612084994
🏷️ Also known as
en Akan en 4584 Akan de (4584) Akan fa سیارک ۴۵۸۴ ja あかん ja アカン ja 阿寒 ru (4584) 1990 FA ru (4584) Akan ru (4584) Акан ru Akan ru Акан ru 1979 YG1 ru 1951 WA1 ru 1971 BR ru 1979 VB2 ru 1985 BK2 ru 1988 UR1 ru 1990 FA uk 4584 Акан
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Freebase ID
/m/03y0p65
JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID
20004584
Minor Planet Center body ID
4584

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🔗 Connections
Discoverer or inventor 2
Kazurō Watanabe, Masanori Matsuyama
Site of astronomical discovery 2
Kushiro, Kitami Observatory
Asteroid spectral type 1
C-type asteroid
Epoch 1
November 21, 2025
Followed by 1
4585 Ainonai
Followed by (predecessor) 1
4585 Ainonai
Follows 1
4583 Lugo
Instance of 1
asteroid
Minor planet group 1
asteroid belt
Named after 1
Akan Mashu National Park
Parent astronomical body 1
Sun
Preceded by (successor) 1
4583 Lugo
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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [6] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  25. [25] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  36. [36] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  43. [43] ↑ . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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    Time of periapsis → {'unit': 'Q14267', 'amount': '+2461316.3612084994'}
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