(7486) Hamabe Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 6 December 1994 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Masaru Hamabe (b. 1951) is a professor at Japan Women's University. His work focuses on extragalactic astronomy and astronomical data processing. He is also among the founders of JAIPA (Japan Association for Information Processing in Astronomy).Naming citation (20030501/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hamabe is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hamabe is 2.25 au from the Sun and 2.56 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7486 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 XJ1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.33 km (#14,399 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.252 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.95 |
| Orbital period | 3.31 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.85 – 2.59 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.167 |
| Inclination | 3.60° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.855 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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