(9091) Ishidatakaki Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 2 November 1995 by T. Kobayashi at Oizumi.

Takaki Ishida (b. 1948) is principal of Sanyo Girls' High and Junior High School in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. His school has a planetarium with a versatile projector system in a 12-meter dome theater. In addition to serving the school, it is open to the general public.Naming citation (20030806/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Ishidatakaki is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Ishidatakaki is 2.66 au from the Sun and 2.46 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number9091
Provisional designation1995 VK
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.30 km (#12,038 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.263
Rotation period10.6 hours
Absolute magnitude (H)14.25
Orbital period3.82 years
Semi-major axis2.44 au
Perihelion – aphelion1.94 – 2.94 au
Eccentricity0.205
Inclination2.41°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)0.929 au

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

Also named after someone called Takaki

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