(8374) Horohata Outer Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 10 January 1992 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.
Horohata is an open area in Ishikawa town, Fukushima prefecture, 250 km north of Tokyo. A large star party is held there each autumn.Naming citation (20010509/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Horohata is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Horohata is 2.93 au from the Sun and 3.09 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 8374 |
| Provisional designation | 1992 AK1 |
| Orbit class | Outer Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.4 km (#3,042 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.0890 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.62 |
| Orbital period | 5.77 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.22 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.63 – 3.81 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.183 |
| Inclination | 2.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.64 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.