(4718) Araki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 November 1990 by Fujii, T., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Where Araki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Araki is 2.69 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4718 |
| Provisional designation | 1990 VP3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.94 km (#9,021 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.485 |
| Rotation period | 46.4 hours |
| Spectral type | Sl |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.61 |
| Orbital period | 3.63 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.36 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.74 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 8.03° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.991 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 13 November 1990
- (4805) Asteropaios
- (5138) Gyoda
- (5139) Rumoi
- (5191) Paddack
- (5214) Oozora
- (5238) Naozane
- (6195) Nukariya
- (6246) Komurotoru
- (13057) Jorgensen
- (23475) Nakazawa
- (43793) Mackey
- (65688) Jarnac
More named asteroids discovered by Fujii, T., Watanabe, K.
- (4645) Tentaikojo
- (4676) Uedaseiji
- (4714) Toyohiro
- (4743) Kikuchi
- (4750) Mukai
- (4971) Hoshinohiroba
- (4975) Dohmoto
- (5180) Ohno
- (5192) Yabuki
- (5357) Sekiguchi
- (5474) Gingasen
- (6246) Komurotoru
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