(39723) Akazawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 7 November 1996 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Hidehiko Akazawa (b. 1953) is a Japanese amateur astronomer who owns a private observatory in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture. He has been conducting photometric and spectroscopic observations of variable stars for many years. Hidehiko has also contributed to spectroscopic confirmation observations of nova candidates.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 6, #2, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Akazawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Akazawa is 2.88 au from the Sun and 3.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 39723 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VJ8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.26 km (#6,339 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0540 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.64 |
| Orbital period | 4.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.53 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.97 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.171 |
| Inclination | 4.43° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.12 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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Also discovered on 7 November 1996
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