(12391) Ecoadachi Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 26 November 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.

Adachi Ward is one of 23 wards of Tokyo and is located in a natural environment in the city. The public administration and its inhabitants proceed together to preserve the native environment so that it may be passed to the next generation.Naming citation (20080819/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ecoadachi is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ecoadachi is 2.40 au from the Sun and 1.87 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number12391
Provisional designation1994 WE2
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter8.62 km (#6,053 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.137
Rotation period36.9 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)13.06
Orbital period4.55 years
Semi-major axis2.75 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.16 – 3.34 au
Eccentricity0.215
Inclination9.11°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.18 au

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

Also discovered on 26 November 1994

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