1089 Tama
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1089 Tama is an asteroid
orbiting the Sun
. It is named after the Tama River
in Japan
.
A satellite, designated S/2003 (1089) 1, was identified based on lightcurve observations from 24 December 2003 to 5 January 2004 by Raoul Behrend, René Roy
, Claudine Rinner, Pierre Antonini
, Petr Pravec
, Alan W. Harris, Stefano Sposetti
, Russell I. Durkee, and Alain Klotz. This was announced on 12 January 2004. The moon, about 9 km in diameter, orbits 20 km away in 0.6852±0.0002 d (synchronously) and may actually be in contact with its primary.
Asteroid
Asteroids are a class of small Solar System bodies in orbit around the Sun. They have also been called planetoids, especially the larger ones...
orbiting the Sun
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
. It is named after the Tama River
Tama River
The is a major river in Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshū, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Japanese government....
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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A satellite, designated S/2003 (1089) 1, was identified based on lightcurve observations from 24 December 2003 to 5 January 2004 by Raoul Behrend, René Roy
Rene Roy
René François Joseph Roy was a French economist. He is primarily recognized for the contribution now known as Roy's identity.-References:...
, Claudine Rinner, Pierre Antonini
Pierre Antonini
Pierre Antonini is a French astronomer.He is a prolific discoverer of asteroids, and is also credited with supernovae 2000B and 2001dd.- References :...
, Petr Pravec
Petr Pravec
Petr Pravec is a Czech astronomer, born in Třinec, a prolific discoverer of binary asteroids using lightcurve photometric studies. He is leading the effort of a large consortium of stations called BinAst to look for multiplicity in the NEA and inner main-belt populations...
, Alan W. Harris, Stefano Sposetti
Stefano Sposetti
Stefano Sposetti is a Swiss astronomer. He lives in Gnosca, Switzerland. Sposetti took images of the Aten asteroid 2004 FH which made a close flyby of planet Earth....
, Russell I. Durkee, and Alain Klotz. This was announced on 12 January 2004. The moon, about 9 km in diameter, orbits 20 km away in 0.6852±0.0002 d (synchronously) and may actually be in contact with its primary.