(7852) Itsukushima Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 17 October 1960 by van Houten, C. J., van Houten-Groeneveld, I., Gehrels, T. at Palomar.
Named for Itsukushima Island near Hiroshima City. Known as “one of the Scenic Trio of Japan”, the island is also called “Miyajima”, which means “Shrine Island”. The origin of the shrine is not known, but it goes back at least to the sixth century; in the twelfth century its building complex was much enlarged. The shrine and its giant torii gate stand in the sea at high tide. In 1996 the shrine was assigned “World Heritage” recognition by UNESCO. Name proposed by Takeshi Sato.Naming citation (19980808/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Itsukushima is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Itsukushima is 2.39 au from the Sun and 3.34 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 7852 |
| Provisional designation | 7604 P-L |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.52 km (#9,685 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.160 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 13.81 |
| Orbital period | 3.76 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.42 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.28 – 2.55 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0567 |
| Inclination | 4.00° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.30 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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