(7618) Gotoyukichi Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 January 1997 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Yukichi Goto (1896-1929), pioneer of civil aviation in Japan, was born in Nobeoka, Kyushu. He planned a transpacific flight, but he died in a plane crash while he was in training for his ambitious flight.Naming citation (20030614/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Gotoyukichi is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Gotoyukichi is 2.65 au from the Sun and 2.63 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7618 |
| Provisional designation | 1997 AU4 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.68 km (#9,430 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.262 |
| Rotation period | 2.98 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.62 |
| Orbital period | 4.54 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.74 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.43 – 3.05 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.114 |
| Inclination | 1.74° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.43 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 6 January 1997
- (8930) Kubota
- (8931) Hirokimatsuo
- (8932) Nagatomo
- (8933) Kurobe
- (9107) Narukospa
- (17681) Tweedledum
- (18553) Kinkakuji
- (23638) Nagano
More named asteroids discovered by T. Kobayashi
- (4807) Noboru
- (5924) Teruo
- (6275) Kiryu
- (6276) Kurohone
- (6346) Syukumeguri
- (6414) Mizunuma
- (6418) Hanamigahara
- (6420) Riheijyaya
- (6422) Akagi
- (6423) Harunasan
- (6462) Myougi
- (6531) Subashiri
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