(23245) Fujimura Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 November 2000 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
Akio Fujimura (b. 1947) is a planetary scientist and former professor at the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science at JAXA. He was responsible for JAXA's planetary materials curation facility, where samples from asteroid Itokawa are studied and preserved.Naming citation (20120506/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fujimura is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fujimura is 2.65 au from the Sun and 3.42 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 23245 |
| Provisional designation | 2000 WP168 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.10 km (#16,922 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.230 |
| Rotation period | 4.16 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.86 |
| Orbital period | 3.48 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.30 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.65 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.153 |
| Inclination | 1.62° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.958 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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