(12408) Fujioka Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 20 September 1995 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.
Hiroshi Fujioka (b. 1946), born in Kuma Town, is an actor, martial artist, and a dedicated volunteer in Iraq, Ethiopia and Cambodia. Since his debut in 1970, he has starred in more than 20 movies and a number of TV dramas, including the most popular Japanese television program in the 1970s, Kamen Rider.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fujioka is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fujioka is 2.73 au from the Sun and 3.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12408 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 SP2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.32 km (#16,566 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.359 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.09 |
| Orbital period | 3.71 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.40 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.04 – 2.76 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.150 |
| Inclination | 7.78° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.05 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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