(6975) Hiroaki Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 25 August 1992 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.
Hiroaki Hayashi (b. 1954) is a factory manager in the city of Yashio. Each year he teaches hundreds of children how to make telescopes.Naming citation (20000320/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hiroaki is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hiroaki is 2.23 au from the Sun and 1.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6975 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 QM |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 18.3 km (#2,457 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0640 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.44 |
| Orbital period | 4.85 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.87 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.03 – 3.70 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.290 |
| Inclination | 4.86° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.02 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 25 August 1992
More named asteroids discovered by S. Otomo
- (5488) Kiyosato
- (5561) Iguchi
- (5605) Kushida
- (5606) Muramatsu
- (5922) Shouichi
- (5973) Takimoto
- (6043) Aurochs
- (6336) Dodo
- (6410) Fujiwara
- (6729) Emiko
- (6790) Pingouin
- (6866) Kukai
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