(27918) Azusagawa Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 November 1996 by N. Sato at Chichibu.
Azusagawa is a 65-km-long river which flows from the Hida mountain range, the so-called Northern Alps, through Matumoto city, Nagano prefecture, Japan. In Kojiki,the oldest Japanese history book, Azusagawa denoted a boundary of countries.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-08-21), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Azusagawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Azusagawa is 3.39 au from the Sun and 3.83 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 27918 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 VJ4 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 10.8 km (#4,681 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0550 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.01 |
| Orbital period | 5.74 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.21 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.00 – 3.42 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0659 |
| Inclination | 14.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 November 1996
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