Asteroid 12614 Hokusai


12614 Hokusai is a main-belt asteroid with an estimated diameter of about 15 km. It was discovered on September 24, 1960 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on Palomar Schmidt plates. The semi-major axis is 2.18 AU, the eccentricity is 0.217 and the inclination is 4.45 degrees.

This asteroid was observed on 3 nights during November 2015. A period of 5.8447 hours was derived with a large amplitude.



Lightcurve results for 12614 Hokusai. Derived period 5.8447 ± 0.0004 hours. Amplitude of 0.80 ± 0.05 magnitude.