(39712) Ehimedaigaku Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 October 1996 by T. Seki at Geisei.
Ehimedaigaku (Ehime University) is a Japanese national university. Its Research Center for Space and Cosmic Evolution has conducted various deep surveys of the universe and has discovered very high-redshift galaxies.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2014-09-09), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Ehimedaigaku is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ehimedaigaku is 2.71 au from the Sun and 3.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 39712 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 TJ54 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.83 km (#15,593 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.167 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.38 |
| Orbital period | 3.58 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.34 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.91 – 2.78 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.186 |
| Inclination | 3.54° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.909 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 14 October 1996
- (11124) Mikulasek
- (19307) Hanayama
- (21282) Shimizuyuka
- (22442) Blaha
- (29402) Obelix
- (35286) Takaoakihiro
- (37729) Akiratakao
- (39703) Reina
More named asteroids discovered by T. Seki
- (2396) Kochi
- (2571) Geisei
- (2582) Harimaya-Bashi
- (2621) Goto
- (2835) Ryoma
- (2880) Nihondaira
- (2961) Katsurahama
- (3150) Tosa
- (3182) Shimanto
- (3262) Miune
- (3431) Nakano
- (3785) Kitami
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