(6088) Hoshigakubo Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 18 October 1988 by T. Seki at Geisei.
The name refers to a section of low ground at Choja, a mountainous place in the western part of Kochi prefecture. Legend has it that a meteorite fell there in olden times. Now there is a pond 20 meters across.Naming citation (19961224/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hoshigakubo is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hoshigakubo is 3.39 au from the Sun and 2.41 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 6088 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 UH |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Rotation period | 12.5 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.83 |
| Orbital period | 5.43 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.09 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.72 – 3.46 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 3.75° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.72 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 18 October 1988
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- (2396) Kochi
- (2571) Geisei
- (2582) Harimaya-Bashi
- (2621) Goto
- (2835) Ryoma
- (2880) Nihondaira
- (2961) Katsurahama
- (3150) Tosa
- (3182) Shimanto
- (3262) Miune
- (3431) Nakano
- (3785) Kitami
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