(16713) Airashi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 September 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Airashi, located in the center of Kagoshima prefecture, is a new city created in 2010 by the combination of three towns. Airashi contains a number of historic sites.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-11-14), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Airashi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Airashi is 3.63 au from the Sun and 4.61 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 16713 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 SV52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 13.6 km (#3,527 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0730 |
| Rotation period | 23.7 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.21 |
| Orbital period | 5.57 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.65 – 3.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.158 |
| Inclination | 7.12° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.67 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 20 September 1995
- (7442) Inouehideo
- (8560) Tsubaki
- (9088) Maki
- (11978) Makotomasako
- (12408) Fujioka
- (12411) Tannokayo
- (12412) Muchisachie
- (12787) Abetadashi
- (13156) Mannoucyo
- (15843) Comcom
- (17603) Qoyllurwasi
- (20112) Cassia
More named asteroids discovered by Endate, K., Watanabe, K.
- (4042) Okhotsk
- (4126) Mashu
- (4460) Bihoro
- (4491) Otaru
- (4497) Taguchi
- (4508) Takatsuki
- (4547) Massachusetts
- (4585) Ainonai
- (4607) Seilandfarm
- (4641) Ayako
- (4712) Iwaizumi
- (4773) Hayakawa
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