5333 Kanaya
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | M. Akiyama T. Furuta |
| Discovery site | Mishima Obs. (886) |
| Discovery date | 18 October 1990 |
| Designations | |
| (5333) Kanaya | |
Named after | Kanaya, Shizuoka (Japanese city) |
| 1990 UH · 1974 HC2 1979 SJ2 · 1981 EJ49 1985 JE2 | |
| main-belt · (inner) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 62.62 yr (22,871 days) |
| Aphelion | 2.7398 AU |
| Perihelion | 1.9515 AU |
| 2.3456 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.1680 |
| 3.59 yr (1,312 days) | |
| 61.888° | |
| 0° 16m 27.84s / day | |
| Inclination | 10.973° |
| 208.40° | |
| 309.01° | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Dimensions | 13.35 km (calculated) 13.587±0.041 km 13.918±0.032 14.21±0.41 km |
| 3.683±0.001 h 3.8022±0.0008 h 3.80224±0.00006 h 3.8024±0.0002 h | |
| 0.029±0.004 0.0407±0.0012 0.051±0.003 0.057 (assumed) | |
| SMASS = Ch · C | |
| 13.1 · 12.99±0.33 | |
5333 Kanaya, provisional designation 1990 UH, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 14 kilometers in diameter.
The asteroid was discovered on 18 October 1990, by Japanese astronomers Makio Akiyama and Toshimasa Furuta at Mishima Observatory (886) in Susono, Japan, and named for the Japanese city of Kanaya.