(6924) Fukui Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1993 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Named in memory of Kenichiro Fukui (1918-1997), Japanese chemist who was awarded the 1981 Nobel Prize in chemistry. He proposed the frontier orbital theory.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Fukui is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Fukui is 3.67 au from the Sun and 3.71 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6924 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 TP |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 29.6 km (#1,385 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0520 |
| Rotation period | 38.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 11.79 |
| Orbital period | 6.24 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.39 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.06 – 3.72 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0983 |
| Inclination | 12.2° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 2.07 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (7097) Yatsuka
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- (10560) Michinari
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- (15790) Keizan
- (20066) Sagov
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