Shijimi

(1997 GA26 )
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NOW @ 25 SAG 59
FOUND @ 25 LIB 51
 
Inclination: 7.192
Eccentricity: 0.156
Period: 3.342 years
AU 2.235
Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

12.4.1997 13:43 Yatsuka 24e45 59n26 observations 1


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Shijimi is a popular clam in Japan, and Shijimi caught near Shinji Lake, near Matsue city in Shimane prefecture, are particularly well known. The name was selected among other candidates proposed by children who attended the Fureai Space Festival 2002, held in Matsue on Space Day in Japan.


Discovered on 12-4-1997 in Yatsuka by Abe, H.

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