(30944) Hiruma Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 8 April 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Kazuhiko Hiruma (b. 1956) is the chairman of Sanko Gakuen, an educational corporation that operates over 40 vocational schools, one university and one junior college. He is one of the most well-known educational scholars in the Tokyo education world.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 5, #17, 18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hiruma is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hiruma is 3.59 au from the Sun and 2.60 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 30944 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 GD1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 9.36 km (#5,510 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0800 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.98 |
| Orbital period | 5.03 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.93 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.27 – 3.60 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.227 |
| Inclination | 10.9° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.27 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also named after someone called Kazuhiko
All asteroids named after someone called Kazuhiko
Also discovered on 8 April 1994
- (6742) Biandepei
- (6743) Liu
- (8204) Takabatake
- (10569) Kinoshitamasao
- (10570) Shibayasuo
- (15805) Murakamitakehiko