(6933) Azumayasan Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 28 December 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Mt. Azumayasan, 2354 m above sea level, is located in the western part of Gunma prefecture and is counted among the 100 celebrated mountains in Japan.Naming citation (20030106/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Azumayasan is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Azumayasan is 3.15 au from the Sun and 3.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6933 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 YW |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 11.5 km (#4,305 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0580 |
| Rotation period | 7.78 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.63 |
| Orbital period | 4.44 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.70 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.25 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.168 |
| Inclination | 2.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.