(5352) Fujita Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 27 December 1989 by Kushida, Y., Muramatsu, O. at Yatsugatake.

Named in honor of Yoshio Fujita, professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo, known for his pioneering work on the spectra of late-type stars, in particular of cool, carbon stars, with his determination of the carbon isotope ratio. He served as president of the Astronomical Society of Japan during 1961–1963 and as president of IAU Commission 29 during 1970–1973. He has been a member of the Japan Academy since 1965 and of the Societe Royale des Sciences de Liege since 1969. Name proposed by the discoverers following a suggestion by T. Tsuji and Y. Yamashita.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #14, 4), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

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Where Fujita is today

Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fujita is 2.03 au from the Sun and 1.90 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number	5352
Provisional designation	1989 YN
Orbit class	Main-belt Asteroid
Diameter	4.20 km (#12,252 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo	0.691
Absolute magnitude (H)	13.21
Orbital period	3.69 years
Semi-major axis	2.39 au
Perihelion – aphelion	2.00 – 2.77 au
Eccentricity	0.161
Inclination	4.28°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)	1.02 au

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

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