6025 Naotosato
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | T. Urata |
| Discovery site | Nihondaira Obs. |
| Discovery date | 30 December 1992 |
| Designations | |
| (6025) Naotosato | |
Named after | Naoto Satō (Japanese astronomer) |
| 1992 YA3 · 1954 SG1 1965 UO · 1977 BK 1983 EE1 · 1986 TL11 1987 YS2 · 1990 HF2 1991 RS29 | |
| main-belt · Eos | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 62.68 yr (22,895 days) |
| Aphelion | 3.2334 AU |
| Perihelion | 2.8116 AU |
| 3.0225 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0698 |
| 5.25 yr (1,919 days) | |
| 276.73° | |
| 0° 11m 15.36s / day | |
| Inclination | 8.9985° |
| 280.24° | |
| 160.02° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 17.80 km (calculated) 18.442±0.135 19.90±0.91 km 19.968±0.172 km |
| 10 h | |
| 0.14 (assumed) 0.1475±0.0099 0.162±0.016 0.188±0.040 | |
| S | |
| 11.2 · 11.5 · 11.70±0.28 | |
6025 Naotosato, provisional designation 1992 YA3, is an Eoan asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 19 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 30 December 1992, by Japanese astronomer Takeshi Urata at the Nihondaira Observatory in Oohira, Japan. The asteroid was named after Japanese amateur astronomer Naoto Satō.