(100433) Hyakusyuko Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 24 May 1996 by T. Okuni at Nanyo.

Nagai Hyakusyuko is the name of the dam lake in Nagai city, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. It was completed in March 2011 and is a popular tourist spot.Naming citation (MPC batch dated 2017-01-12), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Hyakusyuko is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hyakusyuko is 3.00 au from the Sun and 2.20 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number100433
Provisional designation1996 KU1
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Absolute magnitude (H)15.85
Orbital period4.15 years
Semi-major axis2.58 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.71 – 3.46 au
Eccentricity0.340
Inclination8.79°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.714 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

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