(12614) Hokusai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 24 September 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Japanese wood-carver and painter Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) carved some 35 000 sheets and painted mainly landscapes in dramatic form. Although his bridges and waterfalls are most famous, he also painted street scenes. He strongly influenced the European art of Impressionism and Jugendstil.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #9, 6), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hokusai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hokusai is 2.66 au from the Sun and 3.43 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12614 |
| Provisional designation | 4119 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.87 km (#15,522 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.236 |
| Rotation period | 5.84 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 15.21 |
| Orbital period | 3.23 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.19 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.71 – 2.66 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.216 |
| Inclination | 4.45° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.704 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 24 September 1960
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- (1744) Harriet
- (1776) Kuiper
- (1777) Gehrels
- (1795) Woltjer
- (1808) Bellerophon
- (1809) Prometheus
- (1810) Epimetheus
- (1811) Bruwer
- (1812) Gilgamesh
- (1846) Bengt
- (1868) Thersites