(7366) Agata Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 20 October 1996 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.

Hidehiko Agata (b. 1961) is a staff member in the public information office of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. His main interests are education and popularization of astronomy, and he has published many books on elementary astronomy. He has also studied cometary plasma tails.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #12, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

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Where Agata is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Agata is 3.53 au from the Sun and 4.47 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7366
Provisional designation	1996 UY
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	24.0 km (#1,768 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.0320
Rotation period	229 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	12.52
Orbital period	5.58 years
Semi-major axis	3.15 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.68 – 3.61 au
Eccentricity	0.148
Inclination	6.34°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.69 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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