(7291) Hyakutake Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 13 December 1991 by S. Otomo at Kiyosato.
Yuji Hyakutake (b. 1950) discovered comets C/1995 Y1 and C/1996 B2 visually from the town of Aira, in Kagoshima prefecture. He later became a curator at the astronomical museum in Aira. The name was suggested by H. Hayasi.Naming citation (20000523/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Hyakutake is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Hyakutake is 3.71 au from the Sun and 4.64 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7291 |
| Provisional designation | 1991 XC1 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 15.9 km (#2,910 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.121 |
| Rotation period | 199 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 12.15 |
| Orbital period | 5.51 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.39 – 3.85 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.235 |
| Inclination | 8.41° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.41 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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