(26223) Enari Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 3 December 1997 by N. Sato at Chichibu.

On 2001 Nov. 23, Akihiko Enari (b. 1980) became the first amateur radio operator (call sign JK1ZAM) in Japan to succeed in contacting the International Space Station in the course of the NASA program “Amateur Radio on the ISS”.Naming citation (20090806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Enari is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Enari is 2.62 au from the Sun and 1.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	26223
Provisional designation	1997 XB2
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	5.16 km (#10,328 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.220
Rotation period	60.0 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.85
Orbital period	5.00 years
Semi-major axis	2.92 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.61 – 3.24 au
Eccentricity	0.107
Inclination	12.0°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.63 au

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

Also named after someone called Akihiko

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Also discovered on 3 December 1997

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