(14901) Hidatakayama Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 September 1992 by Yanai, M., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Hida Takayama city is located in the north of the Hida Mountains in the heart of Japan. Its castle and merchant town have remained unchanged since the Edo period.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2015-01-05), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hidatakayama is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hidatakayama is 2.50 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14901 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 SH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.58 km (#8,152 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.282 |
| Rotation period | 4.06 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.32 |
| Orbital period | 4.42 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.69 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 3.16 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.175 |
| Inclination | 12.3° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.24 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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- (14441) Atakanoseki
- (15301) Marutesser
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