(44711) Carp Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 3 October 1999 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.
The Hiroshima Toyo Carp, founded in 1949, is a professional baseball team. Operated with capital from citizens of Hiroshima for the first 20 years, they are known as a unique “municipal team”. The Carp has won the Central League six times and the Japan Series championships three times.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Carp is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Carp is 2.55 au from the Sun and 1.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 44711 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 TD4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.37 km (#16,493 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.486 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.77 |
| Orbital period | 3.38 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.25 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.72 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.236 |
| Inclination | 5.33° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.722 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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