(40795) Akiratsuchiyama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 5 October 1999 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Akira Tsuchiyama (b. 1954) is a Professor at Ritsumeikan University (Japan) and leader of the Itokawa sample analysis for the Hayabusa spacecraft mission. He specializes in studying primitive solar-system materials and is a pioneer for the three-dimensional study of materials using X-ray microtomography.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 1, #2, 22), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Akiratsuchiyama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Akiratsuchiyama is 2.53 au from the Sun and 2.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 40795 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TF36 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.99 km (#15,248 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.377 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.73 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.10 – 2.69 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.125 |
| Inclination | 7.46° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.10 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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