(48575) Hawaii Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 July 1994 by A. Nakamura at Kuma Kogen.
Hawaii, the Aloha State, was first visited by Polynesians from Tahiti, rediscovered by James Cook, and in 1959 became the fiftieth U.S. state. Hawaii became a sister state of Ehime prefecture, after the fatal accident in 2001 when a U.S. Navy submarine struck a fisheries training ship from Ehime off Hawaii.Naming citation (20040928/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hawaii is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hawaii is 3.28 au from the Sun and 4.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 48575 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 NN |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.82 km (#7,850 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.138 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.85 |
| Orbital period | 5.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.06 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.74 – 3.39 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.106 |
| Inclination | 10.4° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.77 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.