(6418) Hanamigahara Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 December 1993 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Hanamigahara is beautiful forest park in the northern part of Kurohone village, Gunma prefecture.Naming citation (19991123/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hanamigahara is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hanamigahara is 2.31 au from the Sun and 2.37 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6418 |
| Provisional designation | 1993 XJ |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.39 km (#8,402 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.329 |
| Rotation period | 6.38 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.11 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.02 – 2.50 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.107 |
| Inclination | 6.15° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.03 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 December 1993
More named asteroids discovered by T. Kobayashi
- (4807) Noboru
- (5924) Teruo
- (6275) Kiryu
- (6276) Kurohone
- (6346) Syukumeguri
- (6414) Mizunuma
- (6420) Riheijyaya
- (6422) Akagi
- (6423) Harunasan
- (6462) Myougi
- (6531) Subashiri
- (6663) Tatebayashi
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