(43908) Hiraku Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 November 1995 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
Hiraku Togashi (b. 1955) became a member of the Yamagata Astronomical Society in 1998 and actively popularizes astronomy.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2013-04-25), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hiraku is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hiraku is 2.35 au from the Sun and 1.80 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 43908 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 WE7 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.10 km (#14,973 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.384 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.84 |
| Orbital period | 3.86 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.46 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.22 – 2.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0963 |
| Inclination | 8.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.23 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.