(14491) Hitachiomiya Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 4 November 1994 by Endate, K., Watanabe, K. at Kitami.
Hitachiomiya city, located in the northeast of Kanto district in central Japan, came on the scene in Oct. 2004 through the merger of five towns and villages. The former Miwa village area of Hitachi Omiya city is now the site of the Bistar Astronomical Observatory.Naming citation (20100330/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hitachiomiya is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hitachiomiya is 3.08 au from the Sun and 4.08 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 14491 |
| Provisional designation | 1994 VY2 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.48 km (#9,747 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0880 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.8 |
| Orbital period | 4.36 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.67 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.71 – 3.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.361 |
| Inclination | 5.68° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.720 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 4 November 1994
- (6931) Kenzaburo
- (7666) Keyaki
- (9082) Leonardmartin
- (10155) Numaguti
- (13140) Shinchukai
- (14492) Bistar
- (14925) Naoko
- (14926) Hoshide
- (15351) Yamaguchimamoru
- (22397) Minobe
- (32911) Cervara