(17673) Houkidaisen Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 15 December 1996 by Saji at Saji.
Houki Daisen is the highest peak in the Chugoku district of Tottori prefecture.Naming citation (20010109/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Houkidaisen is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Houkidaisen is 2.70 au from the Sun and 3.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 17673 |
| Provisional designation | 1996 XL32 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 6.59 km (#8,139 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.135 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.27 |
| Orbital period | 5.47 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.10 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.62 – 3.58 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.155 |
| Inclination | 6.26° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.61 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.