(12793) Hosinokokai Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 30 October 1995 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.
Hoshinokokai is a star-loving group that has been working voluntarily for 20 years at the astronomical observatory on Tawara Junior High School in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2016-08-18), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hosinokokai is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hosinokokai is 2.52 au from the Sun and 2.12 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 12793 |
| Provisional designation | 1995 UP8 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.37 km (#14,306 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.225 |
| Rotation period | 12.6 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.53 |
| Orbital period | 3.40 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.26 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.95 – 2.57 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.139 |
| Inclination | 3.36° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.932 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.