(7502) Arakida Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 15 November 1996 by Shimizu, Y., Urata, T. at Nachi-Katsuura.

Hideyoshi Arakida (b. 1973) is an associate professor at Nihon University, who specializes in celestial mechanics, including solar system dynamics. His latest research interests are the null structure of spacetime and the effect of cosmological constant on the local system.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-10-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Arakida is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Arakida is 2.95 au from the Sun and 3.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	7502
Provisional designation	1996 VP7
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	6.94 km (#7,729 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.367
Rotation period	2.84 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.1
Orbital period	4.78 years
Semi-major axis	2.84 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.64 – 3.04 au
Eccentricity	0.0708
Inclination	1.84°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.64 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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