(11324) Hayamizu Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 August 1995 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Tsutomu Hayamizu (b. 1962), since 1997 associate director of the Sendai Space Hall and Observatory, Kagoshima prefecture, is engaged in observations of occultations by the moon and by minor planets.Naming citation (20020624/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hayamizu is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hayamizu is 2.92 au from the Sun and 3.92 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 11324 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 QQ3 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 8.10 km (#6,474 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0420 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.53 |
| Orbital period | 4.08 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.55 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.17 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.152 |
| Inclination | 5.66° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.17 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Tsutomu
All asteroids named after someone called Tsutomu
Also discovered on 30 August 1995
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