(7844) Horikawa Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 21 December 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.
Kuniaki Horikawa (b. 1958), a computer systems engineer in Yokohama, started Jupiter observations in 1974, and he has obtained more than 3000 drawings and 8200 central-meridian transit timings. Since 2001 he has served as director of the Jupiter-Saturn Section of the Oriental Astronomical Association.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Horikawa is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Horikawa is 3.06 au from the Sun and 4.01 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7844 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 YL1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 2.79 km (#15,672 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.393 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.46 |
| Orbital period | 4.13 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.57 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.87 – 3.27 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.273 |
| Inclination | 2.63° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.870 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 21 December 1995
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- (6420) Riheijyaya
- (6422) Akagi
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- (6462) Myougi
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