(23727) Akihasan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 April 1998 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
Akihasan mountain is located north of Nanyo-city, Yamagata prefecture, Japan. The mountain is popular as a hiking course.Naming citation (20110615/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Akihasan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Akihasan is 2.61 au from the Sun and 2.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23727 |
| Provisional designation | 1998 HO52 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 2.89 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.24 |
| Orbital period | 3.28 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.81 – 2.61 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.182 |
| Inclination | 4.29° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.793 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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