(4799) Hirasawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 October 1989 by Mizuno, Y., Furuta, T. at Kani.
Where Hirasawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hirasawa is 2.68 au from the Sun and 3.66 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 4799 |
| Provisional designation | 1989 TC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 7.86 km (#6,715 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.104 |
| Rotation period | 24.0 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.9 |
| Orbital period | 3.88 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.47 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.79 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.129 |
| Inclination | 0.617° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 8 October 1989
More named asteroids discovered by Mizuno, Y., Furuta, T.
- (4265) Kani
- (4351) Nobuhisa
- (4353) Onizaki
- (4614) Masamura
- (4717) Kaneko
- (4903) Ichikawa
- (4904) Makio
- (4951) Iwamoto
- (5236) Yoko
- (5287) Heishu
- (5288) Nankichi
- (5295) Masayo
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