1185 Nikko

1185 Nikko is a main-belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1,222.441 days (3.35 years).^[1]

The asteroid was discovered on November 17, 1927, by Japanese astronomer Okurō Oikawa at Tokyo Astronomical Observatory and is named after the Japanese city of Nikkō.^[2]

Photometric observations of this asteroid collected during 2004 show a rotation period of 3.79 ± 0.01 hours with a brightness variation of 0.34 ± 0.03 magnitude.^[3]

References

1. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". NASA. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
2. Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. Springer. ISBN 3-540-00238-3.
3. Stephens, Robert D. (June 2005), "Rotational periods of 743 Eugenisis, 995 Sternberga, 1185 Nikko 2892 Filipenko, 3144 Brosche, and 3220 Murayama", The Minor Planet Bulletin 32 (2): 27–28, Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...27S.

External links

• 1185 Nikko at the JPL Small-Body Database

• Discovery · Orbit diagram · Orbital elements · Physical parameters