(73955) Asaka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 October 1997 by Saji at Saji.
Asaka is reclaimed land in Koriyama city, Fukushima prefecture. In 2005 Koriyama became a sister city of Tottori, where the Saji Observatory is located. This naming was suggested by Koriyama citizens to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the sister-city relationship.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-09-28), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Asaka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Asaka is 2.64 au from the Sun and 2.86 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 73955 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 UE21 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.64 km (#8,067 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0840 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.63 |
| Orbital period | 5.55 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.14 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.64 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.160 |
| Inclination | 12.5° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.68 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 October 1997
- (14551) Itagaki
- (31147) Miriquidi
- (33058) Kovarik
- (48801) Penninger
- (48807) Takahata
- (58608) Geroldrichter